Dummy array casts (#509)

* Dummy array casts

* Remove useless comment

Author: chrisrink10

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  * Added EDN reader in the `basilisp.edn` namespace (#477)
  * Added line, column, and file information to reader `SyntaxError`s (#488)
  * Added context information to the `CompilerException` string output (#493)
- * Added Array (Python list) functions (#504)
+ * Added Array (Python list) functions (#504, #509)
 
 ### Changed
  * Change the default user namespace to `basilisp.user` (#466)

src/basilisp/core.lpy

@@ -1570,7 +1570,6 @@
          (recur (inc ~idx))))
      ~ret))
 
-;; (areduce arr idx ret 0 (+ ret (aget arr idx)))
 (defmacro areduce
   "Reduce the Python list `array` by `expr`, returning the reduced expression.
 
@@ -1584,6 +1583,63 @@
          (recur ~expr (inc ~idx))
          ~ret))))
 
+(defn booleans
+  "Dummy cast to a Python list of booleans.
+
+  This function is provided for Clojure compatibility."
+  [x]
+  x)
+
+(defn bytes
+  "Dummy cast to a Python list of bytes (distinct from Python's `bytarray` and
+  `bytes` types).
+
+  This function is provided for Clojure compatibility."
+  [x]
+  x)
+
+(defn chars
+  "Dummy cast to a Python list of chars.
+
+  This function is provided for Clojure compatibility."
+  [x]
+  x)
+
+(defn doubles
+  "Dummy cast to a Python list of doubles.
+
+  This function is provided for Clojure compatibility."
+  [x]
+  x)
+
+(defn floats
+  "Dummy cast to a Python list of floats.
+
+  This function is provided for Clojure compatibility."
+  [x]
+  x)
+
+(defn ints
+  "Dummy cast to a Python list of integers.
+
+  This function is provided for Clojure compatibility."
+  [x]
+  x)
+
+(defn longs
+  "Dummy cast to a Python list of longs.
+
+  This function is provided for Clojure compatibility."
+  [x]
+  x)
+
+(defn shorts
+  "Dummy cast to a Python list of shorts.
+
+  This function is provided for Clojure compatibility."
+  [x]
+  x)
+
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