source: branches/1.1.x/src/org/armedbear/lisp/query.lisp

;;; query.lisp
;;;
;;; Copyright (C) 2003 Peter Graves
;;; $Id: query.lisp 11391 2008-11-15 22:38:34Z vvoutilainen $
;;;
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;;; Adapted from CMUCL.

(in-package "SYSTEM")

(defun query-readline ()
  (force-output *query-io*)
  (string-trim '(#\space #\tab) (read-line *query-io*)))

(defun y-or-n-p (&optional format-string &rest arguments)
  (when format-string
    (fresh-line *query-io*)
    (apply #'format *query-io* format-string arguments))
  (loop
    (let* ((line (query-readline))
     (ans (if (string= line "")
        #\? ;Force CASE below to issue instruction.
        (schar line 0))))
      (unless (whitespacep ans)
  (case ans
    ((#\y #\Y) (return t))
    ((#\n #\N) (return nil))
    (t
     (write-line "Type \"y\" for yes or \"n\" for no. " *query-io*)
     (when format-string
       (apply #'format *query-io* format-string arguments))
     (force-output *query-io*)))))))

(defun yes-or-no-p (&optional format-string &rest arguments)
  (clear-input *query-io*)
  (when format-string
    (fresh-line *query-io*)
    (apply #'format *query-io* format-string arguments))
  (do ((ans (query-readline) (query-readline)))
      (())
    (cond ((string-equal ans "YES") (return t))
    ((string-equal ans "NO") (return nil))
    (t
     (write-line "Type \"yes\" for yes or \"no\" for no. " *query-io*)
     (when format-string
       (apply #'format *query-io* format-string arguments))))))