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+;; Copyright 2015
+;; Kaz Kylheku <kaz@kylheku.com>
+;; Vancouver, Canada
+;; All rights reserved.
+;;
+;; Redistribution of this software in source and binary forms, with or without
+;; modification, is permitted provided that the following two conditions are met.
+;;
+;; Use of this software in any manner constitutes agreement with the disclaimer
+;; which follows the two conditions.
+;;
+;; 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+;; notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+;; 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
+;; notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in
+;; the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+;; distribution.
+;;
+;; THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
+;; WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+;; MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+;; COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED,
+;; AND UNDER ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
+;; SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+
+(defmacro typecase (expr . clauses)
+ (let* ((val (gensym))
+ (cond-pairs (collect-each ((cl clauses))
+ (tree-case cl
+ ((type . body)
+ (if (symbolp type)
+ ^((typep ,val ',type) ,*body)
+ :))
+ (else (throwf 'eval-error
+ "~s: bad clause syntax: ~s"
+ 'typecase cl))))))
+ ^(let ((,val ,expr))
+ (cond ,*cond-pairs))))