#| utils.jl -- misc functions

   $Id: utils.jl,v 1.7 2000/07/29 10:44:07 john Exp $

   Copyright (C) 2000 John Harper <john@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>

   This file is part of librep.

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|#

(define-structure scheme.utils

    (export #f #t \#test
	    make-predicate
	    make-nil-predicate)

    (open rep)

  (defconst #f #f)
  (defconst #t #t)

  ;; given a scheme boolean, convert to a rep boolean
  (define (\#test value) (not (eq value #f)))

  ;; create a scheme predicate from the rep predicate PRED
  (define (make-predicate pred)
    (lambda args
      (if (apply pred args) #t #f)))

  ;; create a scheme `pseudo-predicate' from the rep `pseudo-predicate'
  ;; PRED. `pseudo-predicate' means that it returns false or an
  ;; interesting non-false value
  (define (make-nil-predicate pred)
    (lambda args
      (cond ((apply pred args)) (t #f)))))