[racket] ] Converting symbols to procedures?

Is it not as simple as "don't quote the list, use the procedure 'list'?"
Procedures are first class.

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> (define (filter* procs lst)
    (define (fil ps l)
      (if (empty? (rest ps))
          (filter (first ps) l)
          (fil (rest ps) (filter (first ps) l))))
    (if (empty? procs)
        (error 'filter* "Expected at least one procedure for filtering.")
        (fil procs lst)))
> (define test-list (append (build-list 20 values)
                             (build-list 20 (λ(x) 'derp))))
> (define proc-list (list number? even? (λ(x) (zero? (modulo x 3)))))
> (displayln proc-list)
(#<procedure:number?> #<procedure:even?> #<procedure>)
> (filter* proc-list test-list)
'(0 6 12 18)
>


On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 12:05 PM, Kevin Forchione <lysseus at gmail.com> wrote:

> If I use apply on a list of procedures, the quoting of the list converts
> the procedures into symbols, which is not what I want to pass to the
> function supplied to apply (or to map for that matter). What’s the best way
> to handle this situation?
>
> -Kevin
>
>
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