From 7ced4e44ddb6e15152eb8bcef9dda68aba53710b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Kartik K. Agaram" <vc@akkartik.com>
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2021 16:28:15 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] alists

---
 shell/data.limg | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/shell/data.limg b/shell/data.limg
index 0c46da98..fcc7a1ba 100644
--- a/shell/data.limg
+++ b/shell/data.limg
@@ -101,6 +101,19 @@
       if (f (car xs))
         (cons (car xs) rest)
         rest])
+    (alist? . [def (alist? x)
+  (and (cons? x)
+       (cons? (car x)))])
+    (assoc . [def (assoc alist key)
+  if (no alist)
+    ()
+    if (key = (caar alist))
+      (car alist)
+      (assoc (cdr alist) key)])
+    (get . [def (get alist key)
+  aif (assoc alist key)
+    (cdr it)
+    ()])
     (++ . [mac (++ var) `(set ,var (,var + 1))])
     (+= . [mac (var += inc)
   `(set ,var (,var + ,inc))])