4 files changed, 69 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/eval.c b/eval.c
index f0a1c90d..f1e0a53e 100644
--- a/eval.c
+++ b/eval.c
@@ -6942,6 +6942,7 @@ void eval_init(void)
   reg_fun(intern(lit("uni"), user_package), func_n4o(uni, 2));
 
   reg_fun(intern(lit("seqp"), user_package), func_n1(seqp));
+  reg_fun(intern(lit("iterable"), user_package), func_n1(iterable));
   reg_fun(intern(lit("list-seq"), user_package), func_n1(list_seq));
   reg_fun(intern(lit("vec-seq"), user_package), func_n1(vec_seq));
   reg_fun(intern(lit("str-seq"), user_package), func_n1(str_seq));
diff --git a/lib.c b/lib.c
index 766fa817..dd667b7a 100644
--- a/lib.c
+++ b/lib.c
@@ -328,6 +328,38 @@ seq_info_t seq_info(val obj)
   return ret;
 }
 
+static val seq_iterable(seq_info_t si)
+{
+  if (si.kind != SEQ_NOTSEQ)
+    return t;
+
+  switch (si.type) {
+  case RNG:
+    {
+      val rf = from(si.obj);
+
+      switch (type(rf)) {
+      case NUM:
+      case CHR:
+      case BGNUM:
+        return t;
+      default:
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    break;
+  case CHR:
+  case NUM:
+  case BGNUM:
+  case FLNUM:
+    return t;
+  default:
+    break;
+  }
+
+  return nil;
+}
+
 static void noreturn unsup_obj(val self, val obj)
 {
   uw_throwf(error_s, lit("~a: unsupported object ~s"), self, obj, nao);
@@ -1459,16 +1491,17 @@ val tolist(val seq)
 val nullify(val obj)
 {
   val self = lit("nullify");
-  val elem;
   seq_info_t si = seq_info(obj);
 
-  if (si.kind == SEQ_NOTSEQ && si.type != RNG) {
-    return obj;
-  } else {
+  if (seq_iterable(si))
+  {
     seq_iter_t iter;
+    val elem;
     seq_iter_init_with_info(self, &iter, si, 0);
     return if2(seq_peek(&iter, &elem), obj);
   }
+
+  return si.obj;
 }
 
 val empty(val seq)
@@ -1487,6 +1520,12 @@ val seqp(val obj)
   return tnil(si.kind != SEQ_NOTSEQ);
 }
 
+val iterable(val obj)
+{
+  seq_info_t si = seq_info(obj);
+  return seq_iterable(si);
+}
+
 val list_seq(val seq)
 {
   val self = lit("list-seq");
diff --git a/lib.h b/lib.h
index 84de4c4b..e50ba931 100644
--- a/lib.h
+++ b/lib.h
@@ -619,6 +619,7 @@ val tolist(val seq);
 val nullify(val obj);
 val empty(val seq);
 val seqp(val obj);
+val iterable(val obj);
 val list_seq(val seq);
 val vec_seq(val seq);
 val str_seq(val seq);
diff --git a/txr.1 b/txr.1
index 05c96ae7..e0bbd032 100644
--- a/txr.1
+++ b/txr.1
@@ -29342,6 +29342,30 @@ methods are considered sequences.
 No other objects are sequences. However, future revisions of
 the language may specify additional objects that are sequences.
 
+.coNP Function @ iterable
+.synb
+.mets (iterable << object )
+.syne
+.desc
+The
+.code iterable
+function returns
+.code t
+if
+.meta object
+is iterable, otherwise
+.conp nil .
+
+If
+.meta object
+is a sequence according to the
+.code seqp
+function, then it is iterable.
+
+Additional objects that are not sequences are also iterable:
+numeric or character ranges, and numbers. Future revisions
+of the language may specify additional iterable objects.
+
 .coNP Function @ make-like
 .synb
 .mets (make-like < list << object )