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/* classes: h_files */

#ifndef SCM_BOOLEAN_H
#define SCM_BOOLEAN_H

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 *
 * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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 */

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#include "libguile/__scm.h"

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/* Boolean Values. Obviously there are #t and #f, but there is also nil to deal
 * with. We choose to treat nil as a false boolean. All options might silently
 * break existing code, but this one seems most responsible.
 *
 */ 

/*
 * Use these macros if it's important (for correctness)
 * that %nil MUST be considered true
 */
#define scm_is_false_and_not_nil(x)     (scm_is_eq ((x), SCM_BOOL_F))
#define scm_is_true_or_nil(x)          (!scm_is_eq ((x), SCM_BOOL_F))

/*
 * Use these macros if %nil will never be tested,
 * for increased efficiency.
 */
#define scm_is_false_assume_not_nil(x)  (scm_is_eq ((x), SCM_BOOL_F))
#define scm_is_true_assume_not_nil(x)  (!scm_is_eq ((x), SCM_BOOL_F))

/*
 * See the comments preceeding the definitions of SCM_BOOL_F and
 * SCM_MATCHES_BITS_IN_COMMON in tags.h for more information on
 * how the following macro works.
 */
#if SCM_ENABLE_ELISP
# define scm_is_false_or_nil(x)    \
  (SCM_MATCHES_BITS_IN_COMMON ((x), SCM_ELISP_NIL, SCM_BOOL_F))
#else
# define scm_is_false_or_nil(x)    (scm_is_false_assume_not_nil (x))
#endif
#define scm_is_true_and_not_nil(x) (!scm_is_false_or_nil (x))

/* %nil is false. */
#define scm_is_false(x)  (scm_is_false_or_nil (x))
#define scm_is_true(x)   (!scm_is_false (x))

/*
 * Since we know SCM_BOOL_F and SCM_BOOL_T differ by exactly one bit,
 * and that SCM_BOOL_F and SCM_ELISP_NIL differ by exactly one bit,
 * and that they of course can't be the same bit (or else SCM_BOOL_T
 * and SCM_ELISP_NIL be would equal), it follows that SCM_BOOL_T and
 * SCM_ELISP_NIL differ by exactly two bits, and these are the bits
 * which will be ignored by SCM_MATCHES_BITS_IN_COMMON below.
 *
 * See the comments preceeding the definitions of SCM_BOOL_F and
 * SCM_MATCHES_BITS_IN_COMMON in tags.h for more information.
 *
 * If SCM_ENABLE_ELISP is true, then scm_is_bool_or_nil(x)
 * returns 1 if and only if x is one of the following: SCM_BOOL_F,
 * SCM_BOOL_T, SCM_ELISP_NIL, or SCM_XXX_ANOTHER_BOOLEAN_DONT_USE_0.
 * Otherwise, it returns 0.
 */
#if SCM_ENABLE_ELISP
# define scm_is_bool_or_nil(x)  \
  (SCM_MATCHES_BITS_IN_COMMON ((x), SCM_BOOL_T, SCM_ELISP_NIL))
#else
# define scm_is_bool_or_nil(x)  (scm_is_bool_and_not_nil (x))
#endif

#define scm_is_bool_and_not_nil(x)  \
  (SCM_MATCHES_BITS_IN_COMMON ((x), SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_BOOL_T))

SCM_API int scm_is_bool (SCM);

#define scm_is_bool(x)   (scm_is_bool_or_nil (x))

#define scm_from_bool(x) ((x) ? SCM_BOOL_T : SCM_BOOL_F)
SCM_API int scm_to_bool (SCM x);

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/*
 * The following macros efficiently implement boolean truth testing as
 * expected by most lisps, which treat '() aka SCM_EOL as false.
 *
 * Since we know SCM_ELISP_NIL and SCM_BOOL_F differ by exactly one
 * bit, and that SCM_ELISP_NIL and SCM_EOL differ by exactly one bit,
 * and that they of course can't be the same bit (or else SCM_BOOL_F
 * and SCM_EOL be would equal), it follows that SCM_BOOL_F and SCM_EOL
 * differ by exactly two bits, and these are the bits which will be
 * ignored by SCM_MATCHES_BITS_IN_COMMON below.
 *
 * See the comments preceeding the definitions of SCM_BOOL_F and
 * SCM_MATCHES_BITS_IN_COMMON in tags.h for more information.
 *
 * scm_is_lisp_false(x) returns 1 if and only if x is one of the
 * following: SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_ELISP_NIL, SCM_EOL or
 * SCM_XXX_ANOTHER_LISP_FALSE_DONT_USE.  Otherwise, it returns 0.
 */
#if SCM_ENABLE_ELISP
# define scm_is_lisp_false(x)  \
  (SCM_MATCHES_BITS_IN_COMMON ((x), SCM_BOOL_F, SCM_EOL))
# define scm_is_lisp_true(x)   (!scm_is_lisp_false(x))
#endif

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SCM_API SCM scm_not (SCM x);
SCM_API SCM scm_boolean_p (SCM obj);

SCM_INTERNAL void scm_init_boolean (void);

#endif  /* SCM_BOOLEAN_H */

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