feat: created first high level API, initialize and close a dict and work with it through a macro

monastery.lisp

@@ -1 +1,17 @@
 (in-package :monastery)
+
+
+;; useful macros
+(defmacro with-dict ((dict filepath) &body body)
+    "opens the dictionary path, executes the operations and closes automatically"
+    `(let ((,dict (dict-init ,filepath)))
+        (unwind-protect (progn ,@body)
+            (dict-close ,dict))))
+
+
+;; functions
+(defun dict-init (filepath)
+    "receives the dictionary filepath and opens the file")
+
+(defun dict-close (dict)
+    "receives the dictionary instance and closes it")

package.lisp

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (defpackage :monastery
-  (:use #:cl #:cffi #:cffi-ops))
+  (:use #:cl #:cffi #:cffi-ops)
+  (:export #:dict-init #:dict-close #:with-dict))
 
 
 (in-package :monastery)