;;; chars.lisp
;;;
;;; Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Peter Graves
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(in-package #:system)

;;; From CMUCL.

(defun char/= (character &rest more-characters)
  (do* ((head character (car list))
	(list more-characters (cdr list)))
       ((atom list) T)
    (unless (do* ((l list (cdr l)))                  ;inner loop returns T
		 ((atom l) T)			     ; iff head /= rest.
	      (if (eql head (car l)) (return nil)))
      (return nil))))

(defun char> (character &rest more-characters)
  (do* ((c character (car list))
	(list more-characters (cdr list)))
       ((atom list) T)
    (unless (> (char-int c)
	       (char-int (car list)))
      (return nil))))

(defun char>= (character &rest more-characters)
  (do* ((c character (car list))
	(list more-characters (cdr list)))
       ((atom list) T)
    (unless (>= (char-int c)
		(char-int (car list)))
      (return nil))))

(defmacro equal-char-code (character)
  `(let ((ch (char-code ,character)))
     (if (< 96 ch 123) (- ch 32) ch)))

(defun char-not-equal (character &rest more-characters)
  (do* ((head character (car list))
	(list more-characters (cdr list)))
       ((atom list) T)
    (unless (do* ((l list (cdr l)))
		 ((atom l) T)
	      (if (= (equal-char-code head)
		     (equal-char-code (car l)))
		  (return nil)))
      (return nil))))
