;;; parent-mode.el --- get major mode's parent modes

;; Author: Fanael Linithien <fanael4@gmail.com>
;; URL: https://github.com/Fanael/parent-mode
;; Package-Version: 20150824.2300
;; Version: 2.3

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;;; Commentary:

;;; Code:

(defun parent-mode--worker (mode func)
  "For MODE and all its parent modes, call FUNC.

FUNC is first called for MODE, then for its parent, then for the parent's
parent, and so on.

MODE shall be a symbol referring to a function.
FUNC shall be a function taking one argument."
  (funcall func mode)
  (when (not (fboundp mode))
    (signal 'void-function (list mode)))
  (let ((modefunc (symbol-function mode)))
    (if (symbolp modefunc)
        ;; Hande all the modes that use (defalias 'foo-parent-mode (stuff)) as
        ;; their parent
        (parent-mode--worker modefunc func)
      (let ((parentmode (get mode 'derived-mode-parent)))
        (when parentmode
          (parent-mode--worker parentmode func))))))

(defun parent-mode-list (mode)
  "Return a list of MODE and all its parent modes.

The returned list starts with the parent-most mode and ends with MODE."
  (let ((result ()))
    (parent-mode--worker mode (lambda (mode)
                                (push mode result)))
    result))

(defun parent-mode-is-derived-p (mode parent)
  "Non-nil iff MODE is a major mode derived from PARENT.

Both MODE and PARENT shall be symbols."
  (catch 'parent-mode-is-derived-p
    (parent-mode--worker mode (lambda (m)
                                (when (eq m parent)
                                  (throw 'parent-mode-is-derived-p t))))
    nil))

(provide 'parent-mode)
;;; parent-mode.el ends here
