Implement FileDrop with lists

[rocky]

I have been looking into trying to run Mathematica Packages on https://paclets.github.io/PacletServer/ - I have been using the experimental debugger to help me find problems as well as guide what is needed in the debugger.)

For ChemTools, ChemToolsLoader.m uses the form StringReplace[{s1, s2, ...}, rules] which we don't have implemented.

NB: In a branch I have started implementing FileDrop which is also needed.

[mmatera]

@rocky, in mathics.builtin.string.operations , the Builtin StringReplace has a doctest with that form:

    StringReplace acts on lists of strings too:
    >> StringReplace[{"xyxyxxy", "yxyxyxxxyyxy"}, "xy" -> "A"]
     = {AAxA, yAAxxAyA}

Can you paste the example that does not work,here?

[rocky]

@rocky, in mathics.builtin.string.operations , the Builtin StringReplace has a doctest with that form:

    StringReplace acts on lists of strings too:
    >> StringReplace[{"xyxyxxy", "yxyxyxxxyyxy"}, "xy" -> "A"]
     = {AAxA, yAAxxAyA}

Can you paste the example that does not work,here?

One place you can get ChemTools from git is https://github.com/b3m2a1/mathematica-ChemTools.git

When I try loading I see:

In[1]:= Get["/tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/ChemToolsLoader.m", Trace->True]
Reading file: /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/ChemToolsLoader.m

    3:
    4: (* ::Text::GrayLevel[0.5]:: *)
    7:
    8: Unprotect[ChemTools`PackageScope`Private`$TopLevelLoad];
   11:
   12: BeginPackage["ChemTools`"];
   14:
   15: ClearAll[ChemTools];
   18:
   19: (* ::Subsubsection::Closed:: *)
   22:
   23: System`Private`NewContextPath@
StringReplace::strse: String or list of strings expected at position 1 in StringReplace[FileNameDrop[{/tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Compute, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Compute/Structural.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Compute/Symmetry.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/DVR.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Class.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Class.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Grid.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Grid.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/GuessWavefunctions.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/GuessWavefunctions.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/KineticEnergy.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/KineticEnergy.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Object.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Object.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Plots.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Plots.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/PotentialEnergy.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/PotentialEnergy.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/PotentialOptimization.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/PotentialOptimization.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/ResultsObject.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/ResultsObject.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Wavefunctions.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/DVR/Package/Wavefunctions.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Data, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Data/CharacterTables, 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/tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Objects/Utilities/ObjectUtils.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Objects/Utilities/__Pre__.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Objects/Utilities/__Pre__.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Package, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Package/Handling.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Package/Handling.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Package/Import.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Package/Import.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Package/Object.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Package/Object.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Package/Plotting.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Package/Plotting.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Spectroscopy/Spectroscopy.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Utilities, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Utilities/Compile.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Utilities/HOrbitals.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Utilities/UnitConvert.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Utilities/Utilities.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/WSim, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/WSim/Package, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/WSim/Package/Class.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/WSim/Package/Class.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/WSim/Package/Manager.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/WSim/Package/Manager.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/WSim/WSim.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Wavefunctions, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Wavefunctions/Package, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Wavefunctions/Package/Plotting, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Wavefunctions/Package/Plotting/Wavefunctions.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Wavefunctions/Package/WavefunctionTools.m, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Wavefunctions/Package/WavefunctionTools.nb, /tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Wavefunctions/WavefunctionsObject.m}, 4], / → `].
StringJoin::string: String expected.
Join::heads: Heads List and Select[DirectoryQ[#1] ∧ StringMatchQ[StringReplace[FileNameDrop[#1, FileNameDepth[DirectoryName[$InputFileName]]], $PathnameSeparator → `], ($ | WordCharacter)..]&] are expected to be the same.

[mmatera]

Here, the problem is not in StringReplace, but in FileNameDrop (https://reference.wolfram.com/language/ref/FileNameDrop.html) which is not already implemented in Mathics.
Looking at https://github.com/Mathics3/mathics-core/tree/add-FileNameDrop, the problem is that you didn't implement FileNameDrop acting over lists.

[mmatera]

@rocky, just add this rule

 "FileNameDrop[list_List, parms___]": "FileNameDrop[#1,parms]&/@list"

to the rule list of your implementation of FileNameDrop

Then, this example works:

StringReplace[FileNameDrop[{"/tmp/github/mathematica-ChemTools/Packages/Wavefunctions/WavefunctionsObject.m"}, 4], "/"->"`"]

[rocky]

@mmatera: adding this gives:

    new_expression = apply_fn(expression, vars, options, evaluation)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/github/Mathics3/mathics3-debugger/pymathics/debugger/tracing.py", line 269, in <lambda>
    lambda *args, **kwargs: traced_eval_method(
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/github/Mathics3/mathics3-debugger/pymathics/debugger/tracing.py", line 242, in traced_eval_method
    return method(*args, **kwargs)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/tmp/github/Mathics3/mathics-core/mathics/core/rules.py", line 354, in apply_function
    return self.function(evaluation=evaluation, **vars_noctx)
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
TypeError: FileNameDrop.eval_with_n_to_m() missing 1 required positional argument: 'm'