private/matches.ss
#lang scheme
;;; PLT Scheme Inference Collection
;;; matches.ss
;;; Copyright (c) 2006-2010 M. Douglas Williams
;;;
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;;; ------------------------------------------------------------------
;;;
;;; A match represents a series of assertions and assertions that match
;;; a set of facts in the knowledge base.
;;;
;;; All list operations are immutable.  [Although lists of matches
;;;
;;; Version  Date      Description
;;; 2.0.1    07/02/08  Updated header.  (Doug Williams)

(require "bindings.ss")
(require "assertions.ss")

;;; match?: any -> boolean
(define (match? x)
  (and (pair? x)
       (list? (car x))
       (bindings? (cdr x))))

;;; match-assertions: match? -> list
(define (match-assertions match)
  (car match))

;;; match-bindings: match? -> bindings?
(define (match-bindings match)
  (cdr match))

;;; match-subset? list x list -> boolean
;;; A predicate function that returns true if the first argument is a
;;; subset of the second argument.  This is determined by checking the
;;; list of assertions.
(define (match-subset? match-1 match-2)
  (assertions-subset? (car match-1) (car match-2)))

;(provide/contract
; (match?
;  (-> any/c boolean?))
; (match-assertions
;  (-> match? (listof assertion?)))
; (match-bindings
;  (-> match? bindings?))
; (match-subset?
;  (-> match? match? boolean?)))

(provide (all-defined-out))