wisp
 
(Arne Babenhauserheide)
2017-07-26: start working on wisp on racket

start working on wisp on racket

diff --git a/examples/ensemble-estimation.w b/examples/ensemble-estimation.w
--- a/examples/ensemble-estimation.w
+++ b/examples/ensemble-estimation.w
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ define-module : examples ensemble-estima
 use-modules : srfi srfi-42 ; list-ec
               srfi srfi-9 ; records
               oop goops ; generic functions
+              ice-9 optargs
               examples cholesky ; cholesky! for random variables with covariance
 use-modules 
   : ice-9 popen
@@ -206,11 +207,14 @@ define : matrix-times-vector X y
 define x^steps '()
 define 1-AK '()
 
-define : EnSRF H x P y R y-pos N
+define* : EnSRF H x P y R y-pos N #:key (penalty-function-of-x (λ (x) 0))
      . "Observation function H, parameters x,
 parameter-covariance P, observations y, observation covariance R
 and number of ensemble members N.
 
+TODO: PENALTY-FUNCTION-OF-X is any function which takes the
+parameters X and returns a penalty.
+
 Limitations: y is a single value. R and P are diagonal.
 "
      let*
@@ -242,7 +246,7 @@ Limitations: y is a single value. R and 
                    Hx^b_i
                        list-ec (: i x-deviations) 
                            H 
-                             list-ec (: j (length i)) 
+                             list-ec (: j (length i))
                                  + (list-ref x^b j) (list-ref i j)
                              . y-pos_cur
                    Hx^b 
diff --git a/racket/spec.scm b/racket/spec.scm
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/racket/spec.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/home/arne/wisp/wisp-multiline.sh 
+; !#
+;;
+;; Implement wisp in guile
+;;
+;; -Author: Arne Babenhauserheide
+
+; adapted from guile-sweet: https://gitorious.org/nacre/guile-sweet/source/ae306867e371cb4b56e00bb60a50d9a0b8353109:sweet/common.scm
+
+
+; adapted from spec.scm: https://gitorious.org/nacre/guile-sweet/source/ae306867e371cb4b56e00bb60a50d9a0b8353109:sweet/spec.scm
+(define-module (language wisp spec)
+;   . #:use-module : wisp
+  #:use-module (wisp-scheme)
+  #:use-module (system base compile)
+  #:use-module (system base language)
+  #:use-module (language scheme compile-tree-il)
+  #:use-module (language scheme decompile-tree-il)
+  #:export (wisp))
+
+; Set locale to something which supports unicode. Required to avoid using fluids.
+(catch #t
+      (lambda ()
+        (setlocale LC_ALL ""))
+      (lambda (key . parameters)
+        (let ((locale-fallback "en_US.UTF-8"))
+          (format (current-error-port)
+              (string-join
+                  (list "Warning: setlocale LC_ALL \"\" failed with ~A: ~A"
+                     "using explicit ~A locale. Please setup your locale.\n")
+                   "\n         ")
+              key parameters locale-fallback)
+          (setlocale LC_ALL locale-fallback))))
+
+;;;
+;;; Language definition
+;;;
+
+(define wisp-pending-sexps (list))
+
+(define (read-one-wisp-sexp port env)
+         (cond
+            ((eof-object? (peek-char port))
+              (read-char port )); return eof: we’re done
+            (else
+              (let ((chunk (wisp-scheme-read-chunk port)))
+                (cond
+                  ((not (null? chunk))
+                    (car chunk))
+                  (else
+                    #f))))))
+
+(define-language wisp
+  #:title "Wisp Scheme Syntax. See SRFI-119 for details. THIS IS EXPERIMENTAL, USE AT YOUR OWN RISK"
+  ; . #:reader read-one-wisp-sexp
+  #:reader read-one-wisp-sexp ; : lambda (port env) : let ((x (read-one-wisp-sexp port env))) (display x)(newline) x ;
+  #:compilers `((tree-il . ,compile-tree-il))
+  #:decompilers `((tree-il . ,decompile-tree-il))
+  #:evaluator (lambda (x module) (primitive-eval x))
+  #:printer write ; TODO: backtransform to wisp? Use source-properties?
+  #:make-default-environment
+  (lambda ()
+    ;; Ideally we'd duplicate the whole module hierarchy so that `set!',
+    ;; `fluid-set!', etc. don't have any effect in the current environment.
+    (let ((m (make-fresh-user-module)))
+      ;; Provide a separate `current-reader' fluid so that
+      ;; compile-time changes to `current-reader' are
+      ;; limited to the current compilation unit.
+      (module-define! m 'current-reader (make-fluid))
+      ;; Default to `simple-format', as is the case until
+      ;; (ice-9 format) is loaded. This allows
+      ;; compile-time warnings to be emitted when using
+      ;; unsupported options.
+      (module-set! m 'format simple-format)
+      m)))
+
+
+
diff --git a/racket/wisp-scheme.scm b/racket/wisp-scheme.scm
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/racket/wisp-scheme.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,855 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+(# -*- wisp -*-)
+(exec guile -L . --language=wisp -s "$0" "$@")
+; !#
+
+;; Scheme-only implementation of a wisp-preprocessor which output a
+;; scheme code tree to feed to a scheme interpreter instead of a
+;; preprocessed file.
+
+;; Limitations:
+;; - only unescapes up to 6 leading underscores at line start (\______)
+;; - in some cases the source line information is missing in backtraces.
+;;   check for set-source-property!
+
+;; Copyright (C) Arne Babenhauserheide (2014--2015). All Rights Reserved.
+
+;; Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
+;; obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
+;; files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without
+;; restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy,
+;; modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies
+;; of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+;; furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+;; 
+;; The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
+;; included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+;; 
+;; THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
+;; EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+;; MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND
+;; NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS
+;; BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN
+;; ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN
+;; CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+;; SOFTWARE.
+
+
+(define-module (wisp-scheme)
+   #:export (wisp-scheme-read-chunk wisp-scheme-read-all 
+               wisp-scheme-read-file-chunk wisp-scheme-read-file
+               wisp-scheme-read-string))
+
+; use curly-infix by default
+(read-enable 'curly-infix)
+
+(use-modules 
+  (srfi srfi-1)
+  (srfi srfi-11 ); for let-values
+  (ice-9 rw ); for write-string/partial
+  (ice-9 match))
+
+;; Helper functions for the indent-and-symbols data structure: '((indent token token ...) ...)
+(define (line-indent line)
+         (car line))
+
+(define (line-real-indent line)
+         "Get the indentation without the comment-marker for unindented lines (-1 is treated as 0)."
+         (let (( indent (line-indent line)))
+             (if (= -1 indent)
+               0
+               indent)))
+
+(define (line-code line)
+         (let ((code (cdr line)))
+             ; propagate source properties
+             (when (not (null? code))
+                    (set-source-properties! code (source-properties line)))
+             code))
+
+; literal values I need
+(define readcolon 
+       (string->symbol ":"))
+
+(define wisp-uuid "e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd")
+; define an intermediate dot replacement with UUID to avoid clashes.
+(define repr-dot ; .
+       (string->symbol (string-append "REPR-DOT-" wisp-uuid)))
+
+; allow using reader additions as the first element on a line to prefix the list
+(define repr-quote ; '
+       (string->symbol (string-append "REPR-QUOTE-" wisp-uuid)))
+(define repr-unquote ; ,
+       (string->symbol (string-append "REPR-UNQUOTE-" wisp-uuid)))
+(define repr-quasiquote ; `
+       (string->symbol (string-append "REPR-QUASIQUOTE-" wisp-uuid)))
+(define repr-unquote-splicing ; ,@
+       (string->symbol (string-append "REPR-UNQUOTESPLICING-" wisp-uuid)))
+
+(define repr-syntax ; #'
+       (string->symbol (string-append "REPR-SYNTAX-" wisp-uuid)))
+(define repr-unsyntax ; #,
+       (string->symbol (string-append "REPR-UNSYNTAX-" wisp-uuid)))
+(define repr-quasisyntax ; #`
+       (string->symbol (string-append "REPR-QUASISYNTAX-" wisp-uuid)))
+(define repr-unsyntax-splicing ; #,@
+       (string->symbol (string-append "REPR-UNSYNTAXSPLICING-" wisp-uuid)))
+
+; TODO: wrap the reader to return the repr of the syntax reader
+; additions 
+
+(define (match-charlist-to-repr charlist)
+         (let 
+           ((chlist (reverse charlist)))
+           (cond
+             ((equal? chlist (list #\.))
+               repr-dot)
+             ((equal? chlist (list #\'))
+               repr-quote)
+             ((equal? chlist (list #\,))
+               repr-unquote)
+             ((equal? chlist (list #\`))
+               repr-quasiquote)
+             ((equal? chlist (list #\, #\@ ))
+               repr-unquote-splicing)
+             ((equal? chlist (list #\# #\' ))
+               repr-syntax)
+             ((equal? chlist (list #\# #\, ))
+               repr-unsyntax)
+             ((equal? chlist (list #\# #\` ))
+               repr-quasisyntax)
+             ((equal? chlist (list #\# #\, #\@ ))
+               repr-unsyntax-splicing)
+             (else
+               #f))))
+
+(define (wisp-read port)
+       "wrap read to catch list prefixes."
+       (let ((prefix-maxlen 4))
+         (let longpeek 
+           ((peeked '())
+             (repr-symbol #f))
+           (cond
+             ((or (< prefix-maxlen (length peeked)) (eof-object? (peek-char port)) (equal? #\space (peek-char port)) (equal? #\newline (peek-char port)) )
+               (if repr-symbol ; found a special symbol, return it.
+                  ; TODO: Somehow store source-properties. The commented-out code below does not work.
+                  ; catch #t
+                  ;     lambda ()
+                  ;         write : source-properties symbol-or-symbols
+                  ;         set-source-property! symbol-or-symbols 'filename : port-filename port
+                  ;         set-source-property! symbol-or-symbols 'line : 1+ : port-line port
+                  ;         set-source-property! symbol-or-symbols 'column : port-column port
+                  ;         write : source-properties symbol-or-symbols
+                  ;     lambda : key . arguments
+                  ;         . #f
+                  repr-symbol
+                  (let unpeek
+                    ((remaining peeked))
+                    (cond
+                      ((equal? '() remaining )
+                        (read port )); let read to the work
+                      (else
+                        (unread-char (car remaining) port)
+                        (unpeek (cdr remaining)))))))
+             (else
+               (let* 
+                 ((next-char (read-char port))
+                   (peeked (cons next-char peeked)))
+                 (longpeek
+                   peeked
+                   (match-charlist-to-repr peeked))))))))
+                 
+
+
+(define (line-continues? line)
+         (equal? repr-dot (car (line-code line))))
+
+(define (line-only-colon? line)
+         (and
+           (equal? ":" (car (line-code line)))
+           (null? (cdr (line-code line)))))
+
+(define (line-empty-code? line)
+         (null? (line-code line)))
+
+(define (line-empty? line)
+         (and
+           ; if indent is -1, we stripped a comment, so the line was not really empty.
+           (= 0 (line-indent line))
+           (line-empty-code? line)))
+
+(define (line-strip-continuation line   )
+         (if (line-continues? line)
+              (append 
+                (list 
+                  (line-indent line))
+                (cdr (line-code line)))
+              line))
+
+(define (line-strip-indentation-marker line)
+         "Strip the indentation markers from the beginning of the line"
+         (cdr line))
+
+(define (indent-level-reduction indentation-levels level select-fun)
+         "Reduce the INDENTATION-LEVELS to the given LEVEL and return the value selected by SELECT-FUN"
+         (let loop 
+           ((newlevels indentation-levels)
+             (diff 0))
+           (cond
+             ((= level (car newlevels))
+               (select-fun (list diff indentation-levels)))
+             ((< level (car newlevels))
+               (loop
+                 (cdr newlevels)
+                 (1+ diff)))
+             (else
+               (throw 'wisp-syntax-error "Level ~A not found in the indentation-levels ~A.")))))
+
+(define (indent-level-difference indentation-levels level)
+         "Find how many indentation levels need to be popped off to find the given level."
+         (indent-level-reduction indentation-levels level
+           (lambda (x ); get the count
+                    (car x))))
+
+(define (indent-reduce-to-level indentation-levels level)
+         "Find how many indentation levels need to be popped off to find the given level."
+         (indent-level-reduction indentation-levels level
+           (lambda (x ); get the levels
+                    (car (cdr x)))))
+
+(define (chunk-ends-with-period currentsymbols next-char)
+       "Check whether indent-and-symbols ends with a period, indicating the end of a chunk."
+       (and (not (null? currentsymbols))
+             (equal? #\newline next-char)
+             (equal? repr-dot
+                    (list-ref currentsymbols (- (length currentsymbols) 1)))))
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-read-chunk-lines port)
+         (let loop
+           ((indent-and-symbols (list )); '((5 "(foobar)" "\"yobble\"")(3 "#t"))
+             (inindent #t)
+             (inunderscoreindent (equal? #\_ (peek-char port)))
+             (incomment #f)
+             (currentindent 0)
+             (currentsymbols '())
+             (emptylines 0))
+           (cond
+            ((>= emptylines 2 ); the chunk end has to be checked
+                              ; before we look for new chars in the
+                              ; port to make execution in the REPL
+                              ; after two empty lines work
+                              ; (otherwise it shows one more line).
+             indent-and-symbols)
+            (else
+             (let ((next-char (peek-char port)))
+               (cond
+                 ((eof-object? next-char)
+                   (append indent-and-symbols (list (append (list currentindent) currentsymbols))))
+                 ((and inindent (zero? currentindent) (not incomment) (not (null? indent-and-symbols)) (not inunderscoreindent) (not (or (equal? #\space next-char) (equal? #\newline next-char) (equal? (string-ref ";" 0) next-char))))
+                  (append indent-and-symbols )); top-level form ends chunk
+                 ((chunk-ends-with-period currentsymbols next-char)
+                   ; the line ends with a period. This is forbidden in
+                   ; SRFI-119. Use it to end the line in the REPL without
+                   ; showing continuation dots (...).
+                   (append indent-and-symbols (list (append (list currentindent) (drop-right currentsymbols 1)))))
+                 ((and inindent (equal? #\space next-char))
+                   (read-char port ); remove char
+                   (loop
+                     indent-and-symbols
+                     #t ; inindent
+                     #f ; inunderscoreindent
+                     #f ; incomment
+                     (1+ currentindent)
+                     currentsymbols
+                     emptylines))
+                 ((and inunderscoreindent (equal? #\_ next-char))
+                   (read-char port ); remove char
+                   (loop 
+                     indent-and-symbols
+                     #t ; inindent
+                     #t ; inunderscoreindent
+                     #f ; incomment
+                     (1+ currentindent)
+                     currentsymbols
+                     emptylines))
+                 ; any char but whitespace *after* underscoreindent is
+                 ; an error. This is stricter than the current wisp
+                 ; syntax definition. TODO: Fix the definition. Better
+                 ; start too strict. FIXME: breaks on lines with only
+                 ; underscores which should empty lines.
+                 ((and inunderscoreindent (and (not (equal? #\space next-char)) (not (equal? #\newline next-char))))
+                   (throw 'wisp-syntax-error "initial underscores without following whitespace at beginning of the line after" (last indent-and-symbols)))
+                 ((equal? #\newline next-char)
+                   (read-char port ); remove the newline
+                   ; The following two lines would break the REPL by requiring one char too many.
+                   ; if : and (equal? #\newline next-char) : equal? #\return : peek-char port
+                   ;      read-char port ; remove a full \n\r. Damn special cases...
+                   (let* ; distinguish pure whitespace lines and lines
+                        ; with comment by giving the former zero
+                        ; indent. Lines with a comment at zero indent
+                        ; get indent -1 for the same reason - meaning
+                        ; not actually empty.
+                     (
+                       (indent 
+                         (cond 
+                           (incomment 
+                             (if (= 0 currentindent ); specialcase
+                               -1
+                               currentindent ))
+                           ((not (null? currentsymbols )); pure whitespace
+                             currentindent)
+                           (else
+                             0)))
+                       (parsedline (append (list indent) currentsymbols))
+                       (emptylines 
+                         (if (not (line-empty? parsedline))
+                            0 
+                            (1+ emptylines))))
+                     (when (not (= 0 (length parsedline)))
+                         ; set the source properties to parsedline so we can try to add them later.
+                         (set-source-property! parsedline 'filename (port-filename port))
+                         (set-source-property! parsedline 'line (port-line port)))
+                     ; TODO: If the line is empty. Either do it here and do not add it, just
+                     ; increment the empty line counter, or strip it later. Replace indent
+                     ; -1 by indent 0 afterwards.
+                     (loop
+                       (append indent-and-symbols (list parsedline))
+                       #t ; inindent
+                       (if (<= 2 emptylines)
+                         #f ; chunk ends here
+                         (equal? #\_ (peek-char port ))); are we in underscore indent?
+                       #f ; incomment
+                       0
+                       '()
+                       emptylines)))
+                 ((equal? #t incomment)
+                   (read-char port ); remove one comment character
+                   (loop 
+                     indent-and-symbols
+                     #f ; inindent 
+                     #f ; inunderscoreindent 
+                     #t ; incomment
+                     currentindent
+                     currentsymbols
+                     emptylines))
+                 ((or (equal? #\space next-char) (equal? #\tab next-char) (equal? #\return next-char) ); remove whitespace when not in indent
+                   (read-char port ); remove char
+                   (loop 
+                     indent-and-symbols
+                     #f ; inindent
+                     #f ; inunderscoreindent
+                     #f ; incomment
+                     currentindent
+                     currentsymbols
+                     emptylines))
+                          ; | cludge to appease the former wisp parser
+                          ; | which had a problem with the literal comment
+                          ; v char.
+                 ((equal? (string-ref ";" 0) next-char)
+                   (loop 
+                     indent-and-symbols
+                     #f ; inindent 
+                     #f ; inunderscoreindent 
+                     #t ; incomment
+                     currentindent
+                     currentsymbols
+                     emptylines))
+                 (else ; use the reader
+                   (loop 
+                     indent-and-symbols
+                     #f ; inindent
+                     #f ; inunderscoreindent
+                     #f ; incomment
+                     currentindent
+                     ; this also takes care of the hashbang and leading comments.
+                     ; TODO: If used from Guile, activate curly infix via read-options.
+                     (append currentsymbols (list (wisp-read port)))
+                     emptylines))))))))
+
+
+(define (line-code-replace-inline-colons line)
+         "Replace inline colons by opening parens which close at the end of the line"
+         ; format #t "replace inline colons for line ~A\n" line
+         (let loop
+           ((processed '())
+              (unprocessed line))
+           (cond
+             ((null? unprocessed)
+               ; format #t "inline-colons processed line: ~A\n" processed
+               processed)
+             ; replace : . with nothing
+             ((and (<= 2 (length unprocessed)) (equal? readcolon (car unprocessed)) (equal? repr-dot (car (cdr unprocessed))))
+               (loop
+                 (append processed
+                   (loop '() (cdr (cdr unprocessed))))
+                 '()))
+             ((equal? readcolon (car unprocessed))
+               (loop
+                 ; FIXME: This should turn unprocessed into a list. 
+                 (append processed
+                   (list (loop '() (cdr unprocessed))))
+                 '()))
+             (else
+               (loop 
+                 (append processed
+                   (list (car unprocessed)))
+                 (cdr unprocessed))))))
+
+(define (line-replace-inline-colons line)
+         (cons 
+           (line-indent line)
+           (line-code-replace-inline-colons (line-code line))))
+
+(define (line-strip-lone-colon line)
+         "A line consisting only of a colon is just a marked indentation level. We need to kill the colon before replacing inline colons."
+         (if 
+           (equal? 
+             (line-code line)
+             (list readcolon))
+           (list (line-indent line))
+           line))
+
+(define (line-finalize line)
+       "Process all wisp-specific information in a line and strip it"
+       (let
+         (
+           (l
+             (line-code-replace-inline-colons 
+               (line-strip-indentation-marker
+                 (line-strip-lone-colon
+                   (line-strip-continuation line))))))
+         (when (not (null? (source-properties line)))
+                (catch #t
+                  (lambda ()
+                    (set-source-properties! l (source-properties line)))
+                  (lambda (key . arguments)
+                    #f)))
+         l))
+
+(define (wisp-add-source-properties-from source target)
+       "Copy the source properties from source into the target and return the target."
+       (catch #t
+           (lambda ()
+               (set-source-properties! target (source-properties source)))
+           (lambda (key . arguments)
+               #f))
+       target)
+
+(define (wisp-propagate-source-properties code)
+       "Propagate the source properties from the sourrounding list into every part of the code."
+       (let loop
+         ((processed '())
+           (unprocessed code))
+         (cond
+           ((and (null? processed) (not (pair? unprocessed)) (not (list? unprocessed)))
+             unprocessed)
+           ((and (pair? unprocessed) (not (list? unprocessed)))
+             (cons
+               (wisp-propagate-source-properties (car unprocessed))
+               (wisp-propagate-source-properties (cdr unprocessed))))
+           ((null? unprocessed)
+             processed)
+           (else
+             (let ((line (car unprocessed)))
+               (if (null? (source-properties unprocessed))
+                   (wisp-add-source-properties-from line unprocessed)
+                   (wisp-add-source-properties-from unprocessed line))
+               (loop
+                 (append processed (list (wisp-propagate-source-properties line)))
+                 (cdr unprocessed)))))))
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-indentation-to-parens lines)
+         "Add parentheses to lines and remove the indentation markers"
+         ; FIXME: Find new algorithm which mostly uses current-line
+         ; and the indentation-levels for tracking. The try I have in
+         ; here right now is wrong.
+         (when 
+           (and 
+             (not (null? lines))
+             (not (line-empty-code? (car lines)))
+             (not (= 0 (line-real-indent (car lines ))))); -1 is a line with a comment
+           (throw 'wisp-syntax-error 
+             (format #f "The first symbol in a chunk must start at zero indentation. Indentation and line: ~A"
+               (car lines))))
+         (let loop
+           ((processed '())
+             (unprocessed lines)
+             (indentation-levels '(0)))
+           (let*
+             ( 
+               (current-line 
+                 (if (<= 1 (length unprocessed))
+                      (car unprocessed)
+                      (list 0 ))); empty code
+               (next-line
+                 (if (<= 2 (length unprocessed))
+                      (car (cdr unprocessed))
+                      (list 0 ))); empty code
+               (current-indentation
+                      (car indentation-levels))
+               (current-line-indentation (line-real-indent current-line)))
+             ; format #t "processed: ~A\ncurrent-line: ~A\nnext-line: ~A\nunprocessed: ~A\nindentation-levels: ~A\ncurrent-indentation: ~A\n\n"
+             ;     . processed current-line next-line unprocessed indentation-levels current-indentation
+             (cond
+                 ; the real end: this is reported to the outside world.
+               ((and (null? unprocessed) (not (null? indentation-levels)) (null? (cdr indentation-levels)))
+                 ; display "done\n"
+                 ; reverse the processed lines, because I use cons.
+                 processed)
+               ; the recursion end-condition
+               ((and (null? unprocessed))
+                 ; display "last step\n"
+                 ; this is the last step. Nothing more to do except
+                 ; for rolling up the indentation levels.  return the
+                 ; new processed and unprocessed lists: this is a
+                 ; side-recursion
+                 (values processed unprocessed))
+               ((null? indentation-levels)
+                 ; display "indentation-levels null\n"
+                 (throw 'wisp-programming-error "The indentation-levels are null but the current-line is null: Something killed the indentation-levels."))
+               (else ; now we come to the line-comparisons and indentation-counting.
+                   (cond
+                     ((line-empty-code? current-line)
+                       ; display "current-line empty\n"
+                       ; We cannot process indentation without
+                       ; code. Just switch to the next line. This should
+                       ; only happen at the start of the recursion.
+                       ; TODO: Somehow preserve the line-numbers.
+                       (loop
+                         processed
+                         (cdr unprocessed)
+                         indentation-levels))
+                     ((and (line-empty-code? next-line) (<= 2 (length unprocessed )))
+                       ; display "next-line empty\n"
+                       ; TODO: Somehow preserve the line-numbers.
+                       ; take out the next-line from unprocessed.
+                       (loop
+                         processed
+                         (cons current-line
+                           (cdr (cdr unprocessed)))
+                         indentation-levels))
+                     ((> current-indentation current-line-indentation)
+                       ; display "current-indent > next-line\n"
+                       ; this just steps back one level via the side-recursion.
+                       (values processed unprocessed))
+                     ((= current-indentation current-line-indentation)
+                       ; display "current-indent = next-line\n"
+                       (let 
+                         ((line (line-finalize current-line))
+                           (next-line-indentation (line-real-indent next-line)))
+                         (cond
+                           ((>= current-line-indentation next-line-indentation)
+                             ; simple recursiive step to the next line
+                             ; display "current-line-indent >= next-line-indent\n"
+                             (loop
+                               (append processed 
+                                 (if (line-continues? current-line)
+                                      line
+                                      (wisp-add-source-properties-from line (list line))))
+                               (cdr unprocessed ); recursion here
+                               indentation-levels))
+                           ((< current-line-indentation next-line-indentation)
+                             ; display "current-line-indent < next-line-indent\n"
+                             ; format #t "line: ~A\n" line
+                             ; side-recursion via a sublist
+                             (let-values 
+                               (
+                                 ((sub-processed sub-unprocessed)
+                                   (loop
+                                     line
+                                     (cdr unprocessed ); recursion here
+                                     indentation-levels)))
+                               ; format #t "side-recursion:\n  sub-processed: ~A\n  processed: ~A\n\n" sub-processed processed
+                               (loop
+                                 (append processed (list sub-processed))
+                                 sub-unprocessed ; simply use the recursion from the sub-recursion
+                                 indentation-levels))))))
+                     ((< current-indentation current-line-indentation)
+                       ; display "current-indent < next-line\n"
+                       (loop
+                         processed
+                         unprocessed
+                         (cons ; recursion via the indentation-levels
+                           current-line-indentation 
+                           indentation-levels)))
+                     (else
+                       (throw 'wisp-not-implemented 
+                             (format #f "Need to implement further line comparison: current: ~A, next: ~A, processed: ~A."
+                               current-line next-line processed)))))))))
+
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-replace-inline-colons lines)
+         "Replace inline colons by opening parens which close at the end of the line"
+         (let loop
+           ((processed '())
+             (unprocessed lines))
+           (if (null? unprocessed)
+                processed
+                (loop
+                  (append processed (list (line-replace-inline-colons (car unprocessed))))
+                  (cdr unprocessed)))))
+                  
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-strip-indentation-markers lines)
+         "Strip the indentation markers from the beginning of the lines"
+         (let loop
+           ((processed '())
+             (unprocessed lines))
+           (if (null? unprocessed)
+                processed
+                (loop
+                  (append processed (cdr (car unprocessed)))
+                  (cdr unprocessed)))))
+
+(define (wisp-unescape-underscore-and-colon code)
+         "replace \\_ and \\: by _ and :"
+         (match code
+             ((a ...)
+               (map wisp-unescape-underscore-and-colon a))
+             ('\_
+               '_)
+             ('\__
+               '__)
+             ('\___
+               '___)
+             ('\____
+               '____)
+             ('\_____
+               '_____)
+             ('\______
+               '______)
+             ('\:
+               ':)
+             (a
+               a)))
+
+
+(define (wisp-replace-empty-eof code)
+         "replace ((#<eof>)) by ()"
+         ; FIXME: Actually this is a hack which fixes a bug when the
+         ; parser hits files with only hashbang and comments.
+         (if (and (not (null? code)) (pair? (car code)) (eof-object? (car (car code))) (null? (cdr code)) (null? (cdr (car code))))
+              (list)
+              code))
+
+
+(define (wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr code)
+         "Replace lists starting with a quotation symbol by
+         quoted lists."
+         (match code
+             (('REPR-QUOTE-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd a ...)
+                (list 'quote (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)))
+             ((a ... 'REPR-QUOTE-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd b ); this is the quoted empty list 
+                (append
+                        (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)
+                        (list (list 'quote (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr b)))))
+             (('REPR-QUASIQUOTE-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd 'REPR-UNQUOTE-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd a ...)
+                (list 'quasiquote (list 'unquote (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a))))
+             (('REPR-UNQUOTE-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd a ...)
+                (list 'unquote (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)))
+             ((a ... 'REPR-UNQUOTE-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd b )
+                (append
+                        (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)
+                        (list (list 'unquote (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr b)))))
+             (('REPR-QUASIQUOTE-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd a ...)
+                (list 'quasiquote (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)))
+             ((a ... 'REPR-QUASIQUOTE-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd b ); this is the quoted empty list 
+                (append
+                        (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)
+                        (list (list 'quasiquote (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr b)))))
+             (('REPR-UNQUOTESPLICING-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd a ...)
+                (list 'unquote-splicing (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)))
+             (('REPR-SYNTAX-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd a ...)
+                (list 'syntax (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)))
+             (('REPR-UNSYNTAX-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd a ...)
+                (list 'unsyntax (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)))
+             (('REPR-QUASISYNTAX-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd a ...)
+                (list 'quasisyntax (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)))
+             (('REPR-UNSYNTAXSPLICING-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd a ...)
+                (list 'unsyntax-splicing (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a)))
+             ((a ...)
+               (map wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr a))
+             (a
+               a)))
+
+(define (wisp-make-improper code)
+         "Turn (a #{.}# b) into the correct (a . b).
+
+read called on a single dot creates a variable named #{.}# (|.|
+in r7rs). Due to parsing the indentation before the list
+structure is known, the reader cannot create improper lists
+when it reads a dot. So we have to take another pass over the
+code to recreate the improper lists.
+
+Match is awesome!"
+         (let 
+           ( 
+             (improper
+               (match code
+                  ((a ... b 'REPR-DOT-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd c)
+                    (append (map wisp-make-improper a) 
+                      (cons (wisp-make-improper b) (wisp-make-improper c))))
+                  ((a ...)
+                    (map wisp-make-improper a))
+                  (a
+                    a))))
+           (define (syntax-error li msg)
+                   (throw 'wisp-syntax-error (format #f "incorrect dot-syntax #{.}# in code: ~A: ~A" msg li)))
+           (if #t
+            improper
+            (let check
+             ((tocheck improper))
+             (match tocheck
+               ; lists with only one member
+               (('REPR-DOT-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd)
+                 (syntax-error tocheck "list with the period as only member"))
+               ; list with remaining dot.
+               ((a ...)
+                 (if (and (member repr-dot a))
+                      (syntax-error tocheck "leftover period in list")
+                      (map check a)))
+               ; simple pair - this and the next do not work when parsed from wisp-scheme itself. Why?
+               (('REPR-DOT-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd . c)
+                 (syntax-error tocheck "dot as first element in already improper pair"))
+               ; simple pair, other way round
+               ((a . 'REPR-DOT-e749c73d-c826-47e2-a798-c16c13cb89dd)
+                 (syntax-error tocheck "dot as last element in already improper pair"))
+               ; more complex pairs
+               ((? pair? a)
+                 (let 
+                   ((head (drop-right a 1))
+                     (tail (last-pair a)))
+                   (cond
+                    ((equal? repr-dot (car tail))
+                      (syntax-error tocheck "equal? repr-dot : car tail"))
+                    ((equal? repr-dot (cdr tail))
+                      (syntax-error tocheck "equal? repr-dot : cdr tail"))
+                    ((member repr-dot head)
+                      (syntax-error tocheck "member repr-dot head"))
+                    (else
+                      a))))
+               (a
+                 a))))))
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-read-chunk port)
+         "Read and parse one chunk of wisp-code"
+         (let (( lines (wisp-scheme-read-chunk-lines port)))
+              (wisp-make-improper
+                (wisp-replace-empty-eof
+                  (wisp-unescape-underscore-and-colon
+                    (wisp-replace-paren-quotation-repr
+                      (wisp-propagate-source-properties
+                        (wisp-scheme-indentation-to-parens lines))))))))
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-read-all port)
+         "Read all chunks from the given port"
+         (let loop 
+           ((tokens '()))
+           (cond
+             ((eof-object? (peek-char port))
+               tokens)
+             (else
+               (loop
+                 (append tokens (wisp-scheme-read-chunk port)))))))
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-read-file path)
+         (call-with-input-file path wisp-scheme-read-all))
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-read-file-chunk path)
+         (call-with-input-file path wisp-scheme-read-chunk))
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-read-string str)
+         (call-with-input-string str wisp-scheme-read-all))
+
+(define (wisp-scheme-read-string-chunk str)
+         (call-with-input-string str wisp-scheme-read-chunk))
+
+
+;;;; Test special syntax
+; ;; quote the list
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "moo
+;   foo
+;     ' bar
+; baz waz"
+; newline 
+; ;; quote the symbol - in wisp, whitespace after quote is not allowed!
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "moo
+;   foo
+;     'bar
+; baz waz"
+; newline 
+; ; ;; quote the list with colon
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "moo : ' foo
+;   foo
+;     ' bar bah
+; baz waz"
+; newline 
+; ; ;; syntax the list
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "moo : #' foo
+;   foo
+;     #' bar bah
+; baz waz"
+; newline 
+; 
+;;;; Test improper lists
+;;;; Good cases
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "foo . bar"
+; newline 
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "foo .
+;   . bar"
+; newline 
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "foo
+;   . . bar"
+; newline 
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "moo
+;   foo
+;     . . bar
+; baz waz"
+; newline 
+;;;; Syntax Error cases
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "foo
+;   . . ."
+; newline 
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "moo : . . bar"
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "foo .
+;   . . bar"
+; newline 
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "moo
+;   foo
+;     . . bar baz
+; baz waz"
+; newline 
+;;;; stranger stuff
+; write
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "foo ; bar\n  ; nop \n\n; nup\n; nup \n  \n\n\nfoo : moo \"\n\" \n___ . goo . hoo"
+; newline 
+; display
+;   wisp-scheme-read-string  "  foo ; bar\n  ; nop \n\n; nup\n; nup \n  \n\n\nfoo : moo"
+; newline 
+; write : wisp-scheme-read-file-chunk "wisp-scheme.w"
+; newline 
+; call-with-output-file "wisp-guile.scm"
+;   lambda : port
+;     map 
+;        lambda : chunk
+;                 write chunk port
+;        wisp-scheme-read-file "wisp-guile.w"
+; run all chunks in wisp-guile.w as parsed by wisp-scheme.w. Give wisp-guile.w to parse as argument.
+; map primitive-eval : wisp-scheme-read-file "wisp-guile.w" ; actually runs wisp-guile.w with the arguments supplied to this script.
+; uncomment the previous line, then run the next line in the shell. If 1 and 2 are equal, this parser works!
+; guile wisp.scm wisp-scheme.w > wisp-scheme.scm; guile wisp-scheme.scm wisp-guile.w > 1; guile wisp.scm wisp-guile.w > 2; diff 1 2
+
+
+