;;; Copyright 2024 Peter McGoron
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;;; Helper function.
(define (null-cdr? lst) (null? (cdr lst)))

;;; MAP-VALUES returns (VALUES L1 L2 ...), where L1 is the first
;;; value returned from (F (CAR LST)), (F (CADR LST)), ... and so on.
(define (map-values f . lists)
  (define (null-cdr? lst) (null? (cdr lst)))
  (let-values ((new-values (apply f (map car lists))))
    (if (any null-cdr? lists)
        (apply values (map list new-values))
        (let-values ((returned (apply map-values f (map cdr lists))))
          (apply values (map cons new-values returned))))))

;;; (ANY-VALUES F (A1 A2 ...) (B1 B2 ...) ...) runs
;;; (F A1 B1 ...) and checks if there any returned values. If there are
;;; none, runs (F A2 B2 ...), and so on.
;;; 
;;; If any of the lists end, then ANY-VALUES returns no values.
(define (any-values f . lists)
  (after ((when (not (null? lists)))
          (when (all pair? lists)))
    (let-values ((returned (apply f (map car lists))))
      (if (null? returned)
          (apply any-values f (map cdr lists))
          (apply values returned)))))