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+/*
+ * Copyright © 2016 Keith Packard <keithp@keithp.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ * the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+ * (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _AO_LISP_READ_H_
+#define _AO_LISP_READ_H_
+
+# define END 0
+# define NAME 1
+# define OPEN 2
+# define CLOSE 3
+# define QUOTE 4
+# define STRING 5
+# define NUM 6
+
+/*
+ * character classes
+ */
+
+# define PRINTABLE 0x00000001 /* \t \n ' ' - '~' */
+# define QUOTED 0x00000002 /* \ anything */
+# define BRA 0x00000004 /* ( [ { */
+# define KET 0x00000008 /* ) ] } */
+# define WHITE 0x00000010 /* ' ' \t \n */
+# define DIGIT 0x00000020 /* [0-9] */
+# define SIGN 0x00000040 /* +- */
+# define ENDOFFILE 0x00000080 /* end of file */
+# define COMMENT 0x00000100 /* ; # */
+# define IGNORE 0x00000200 /* \0 - ' ' */
+# define QUOTEC 0x00000400 /* ' */
+# define BACKSLASH 0x00000800 /* \ */
+# define VBAR 0x00001000 /* | */
+# define TWIDDLE 0x00002000 /* ~ */
+# define STRINGC 0x00004000 /* " */
+
+# define NOTNAME (STRINGC|TWIDDLE|VBAR|QUOTEC|COMMENT|ENDOFFILE|WHITE|KET|BRA)
+# define NUMBER (DIGIT|SIGN)
+
+#endif /* _AO_LISP_READ_H_ */