discourage something, move it here when that is feasible.
*/
-/* Copyright (C) 2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+/* Copyright (C) 2003, 2004 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
*
* This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
* modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
return scm_from_double (n);
}
+SCM
+scm_make_complex (double x, double y)
+{
+ return scm_c_make_rectangular (x, y);
+}
+
+SCM
+scm_mem2symbol (const char *mem, size_t len)
+{
+ return scm_from_locale_symboln (mem, len);
+}
+
+SCM
+scm_mem2uninterned_symbol (const char *mem, size_t len)
+{
+ return scm_make_symbol (scm_from_locale_stringn (mem, len));
+}
+
+SCM
+scm_str2symbol (const char *str)
+{
+ return scm_from_locale_symbol (str);
+}
+
+
+/* This function must only be applied to memory obtained via malloc,
+ since the GC is going to apply `free' to it when the string is
+ dropped.
+
+ Also, s[len] must be `\0', since we promise that strings are
+ null-terminated. Perhaps we could handle non-null-terminated
+ strings by claiming they're shared substrings of a string we just
+ made up. */
+SCM
+scm_take_str (char *s, size_t len)
+{
+ SCM answer = scm_from_locale_stringn (s, len);
+ free (s);
+ return answer;
+}
+
+/* `s' must be a malloc'd string. See scm_take_str. */
+SCM
+scm_take0str (char *s)
+{
+ return scm_take_locale_string (s);
+}
+
+SCM
+scm_mem2string (const char *src, size_t len)
+{
+ return scm_from_locale_stringn (src, len);
+}
+
+SCM
+scm_str2string (const char *src)
+{
+ return scm_from_locale_string (src);
+}
+
+SCM
+scm_makfrom0str (const char *src)
+{
+ if (!src) return SCM_BOOL_F;
+ return scm_from_locale_string (src);
+}
+
+SCM
+scm_makfrom0str_opt (const char *src)
+{
+ return scm_makfrom0str (src);
+}
+
+
+SCM
+scm_allocate_string (size_t len)
+{
+ return scm_i_make_string (len, NULL);
+}
+
+SCM_DEFINE (scm_make_keyword_from_dash_symbol, "make-keyword-from-dash-symbol", 1, 0, 0,
+ (SCM symbol),
+ "Make a keyword object from a @var{symbol} that starts with a dash.")
+#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_make_keyword_from_dash_symbol
+{
+ SCM dash_string, non_dash_symbol;
+
+ SCM_ASSERT (scm_is_symbol (symbol)
+ && ('-' == scm_i_symbol_chars(symbol)[0]),
+ symbol, SCM_ARG1, FUNC_NAME);
+
+ dash_string = scm_symbol_to_string (symbol);
+ non_dash_symbol =
+ scm_string_to_symbol (scm_c_substring (dash_string,
+ 1,
+ scm_c_string_length (dash_string)));
+
+ return scm_symbol_to_keyword (non_dash_symbol);
+}
+#undef FUNC_NAME
+
+SCM_DEFINE (scm_keyword_dash_symbol, "keyword-dash-symbol", 1, 0, 0,
+ (SCM keyword),
+ "Return the dash symbol for @var{keyword}.\n"
+ "This is the inverse of @code{make-keyword-from-dash-symbol}.")
+#define FUNC_NAME s_scm_keyword_dash_symbol
+{
+ SCM symbol = scm_keyword_to_symbol (keyword);
+ SCM parts = scm_list_2 (scm_from_locale_string ("-"),
+ scm_symbol_to_string (symbol));
+ return scm_string_to_symbol (scm_string_append (parts));
+}
+#undef FUNC_NAME
+
+SCM
+scm_c_make_keyword (const char *s)
+{
+ return scm_from_locale_keyword (s);
+}
+
+
void
scm_i_init_discouraged (void)
{