co.multiply.pathling — co.multiply/pathling 0.1.2

Stack-safe path finding and updating for nested data structures.

Core functions:

• path-when - find all values matching a predicate, with navigation structure
• find-when - find values without navigation (more efficient for read-only)
• transform-when - transform all matching values in place
• update-paths - apply function to locations identified by navigation

Designed for large data structures (10,000+ matches) where traditional recursive approaches would overflow the stack.

find-when clj/s

(find-when data pred)

(find-when data pred tf-or-opts)

Find all values in nested data structure matching predicate.

Returns vector of matching values in depth-first order, or nil if no matches.

The third parameter can be either:

• A function to transform each match before collecting (default: identity)
• An options map with keys: :tf - Transform function to apply to matches (default: identity) :include-keys - When true, also match and collect map keys (default: false)

More efficient than path-when since it skips navigation structure construction.

Examples: (find-when [1 {:a 2} {:b #{3 {:c 4}}}] number?) ;=> [1 2 3 4]

(find-when [1 {:a 2} {:b #{3 {:c 4}}}] number? inc) ;=> [2 3 4 5]

(find-when {:foo :bar :baz :qux} keyword? {:include-keys true}) ;=> [:bar :foo :qux :baz] ; order varies

Stack-safe for large data structures (10,000+ matches).

path-when clj/s

(path-when data pred)

(path-when data pred opts)

Find all values in nested data structure matching predicate.

Returns map with:

• :matches - Vector of matching values in depth-first order
• :nav - Navigation structure for updating matches (use with update-paths)

Returns nil if no matches found.

Options:

• :include-keys - When true, also match map keys (default: false)

Examples: (path-when [1 {:a 2} {:b #{3 {:c 4}}}] number?) ;=> {:matches [1 2 3 4], :nav ...}

(path-when [:a :b :c] number?) ;=> nil

Stack-safe for large data structures (10,000+ matches).

REMOVE clj/s

Sentinel value that signals removal of an element from its parent collection. Return this from an update-paths transform function to remove the element.

Behavior by collection type:

• Maps: the key-value pair is removed (dissoc)
• Sets: the element is not added to the result
• Vectors/Lists: the element is removed and indices collapse

Example: (transform-when data number? #(if (neg? %) REMOVE (inc %))) ;; Removes negative numbers, increments positive ones

transform-when clj/s

(transform-when data pred tf)

(transform-when data pred tf opts)

Transform all instances of items matching pred.

If tf returns REMOVE, the element is removed from its parent collection. Returns data unchanged if no matches found.

Options: :include-keys - When true, also transform map keys that match pred (default: false)

Examples: (transform-when data number? inc) (transform-when data map? #(assoc % :processed true)) (transform-when {:a 1 :b 2} keyword? name {:include-keys true}) ;=> {"a" 1, "b" 2} (transform-when [1 -2 3 -4] number? #(if (neg? %) REMOVE (inc %))) ;=> [2 4]

update-paths clj/s

(update-paths data nav f)

Apply function f to all locations identified in nav within data structure. Updates are applied depth-first (children before parents).

If f returns REMOVE, the element is removed from its parent collection:

• Maps: key-value pair is dissoc'd
• Sets: element is not added to result
• Vectors/Lists: element is removed and indices collapse

Example: (let [{:keys [nav]} (path-when data number?)] (update-paths data nav inc))

For map-based replacement: (let [{:keys [matches nav]} (path-when data pred) replacements (zipmap matches (map transform matches))] (update-paths data nav #(get replacements % %)))