March 2014 update

Task/Function-composition/Objective-C/function-composition.m

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+#include <Foundation/Foundation.h>
+
+typedef id (^Function)(id);
+
+// a commodity for "encapsulating" double f(double)
+typedef double (*func_t)(double);
+Function encapsulate(func_t f) {
+  return ^(id x) { return @(f([x doubleValue])); };
+}
+
+Function compose(Function a, Function b) {
+  return ^(id x) { return a(b(x)); };
+}
+
+// functions outside...
+double my_f(double x)
+{
+  return x+1.0;
+}
+
+double my_g(double x)
+{
+  return x*x;
+}
+
+
+int main()
+{
+  @autoreleasepool {
+
+    Function f = encapsulate(my_f);
+    Function g = encapsulate(my_g);
+
+    Function composed = compose(f, g);
+
+    printf("g(2.0) = %lf\n", [g(@2.0) doubleValue]);
+    printf("f(2.0) = %lf\n", [f(@2.0) doubleValue]);
+    printf("f(g(2.0)) = %lf\n", [composed(@2.0) doubleValue]);
+
+  }
+  return 0;
+}