Add foldl to standard library?

> 9 okt. 2018 kl. 20:59 skrev [email protected]:
> 
>> On Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:31 +0200, Alexander Burger wrote:
>>> On Tue, Oct 09, 2018 at 01:21:07PM -0400, John Duncan wrote:
>>> Yes, you couldn't reuse the same initial value for a data structure like
>>> you would in scheme
>> 
>> How do you mean that? As I said, this code is completely free of destructive
>> side effects. You can use and reuse any initial value.
> 
> Indeed.
> 
> $ pil
> (de foldl (F I . @)
>   (pass
>      mapc
>      '(@
>         (setq I (apply F (conc (rest) (cons I)))) ) ) )
> -> foldl
> : (setq I 0)
> -> 0
> : (foldl '+ 0 (1 2 3 4))
> -> 10
> : I
> -> 0
> 
> "Inside" `foldl` there is some "Hulk smash!"ing going on, but not outside.  
> `foldl` owns `I` and smashes on it with impunity; that's not a problem.
> 
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