+ ((atom obj)
+ (intern (symbol-name obj) (find-package 'keyword)))
+ ((consp obj)
+ (cons (intern-in-keyword (car obj) ) (intern-in-keyword (cdr obj))))
+ (t
+ obj)))
+
+(defun canonicalize-value-type (vt)
+ (typecase vt
+ (atom
+ (ensure-keyword vt))
+ (cons
+ (cons (ensure-keyword (car vt)) (cdr vt)))
+ (t
+ t)))
+
+#+ignore
+(defmethod compute-effective-slot-definition :around ((cl hyperobject-class) #+ho-normal-cesd name dsds)
+ #+allegro (declare (ignore name))
+ (let* ((dsd (car dsds))
+ (value-type (canonicalize-value-type (slot-value dsd 'value-type))))
+ (multiple-value-bind (sql-type length) (value-type-to-sql-type value-type)
+ (setf (slot-value dsd 'sql-type) sql-type)
+ (setf (slot-value dsd 'type) (value-type-to-lisp-type value-type))
+ (let ((ia (compute-effective-slot-definition-initargs cl #+lispworks name dsds)))
+ (apply
+ #'make-instance 'hyperobject-esd
+ :value-type value-type
+ :sql-type sql-type
+ :length length
+ :print-formatter (slot-value dsd 'print-formatter)
+ :subobject (slot-value dsd 'subobject)
+ :hyperlink (slot-value dsd 'hyperlink)
+ :hyperlink-parameters (slot-value dsd 'hyperlink-parameters)
+ :description (slot-value dsd 'description)
+ :user-name (slot-value dsd 'user-name)
+ :user-name-plural (slot-value dsd 'user-name-plural)
+ :index (slot-value dsd 'index)
+ :value-constraint (slot-value dsd 'value-constraint)
+ :null-allowed (slot-value dsd 'null-allowed)
+ ia)))))
+
+(defmethod compute-effective-slot-definition :around ((cl hyperobject-class) #+ho-normal-cesd name dsds)
+ #+ho-normal-cesd (declare (ignore name))
+ (let* ((esd (call-next-method))
+ (dsd (car dsds))
+ (value-type (canonicalize-value-type (slot-value dsd 'value-type))))
+ (multiple-value-bind (sql-type length) (value-type-to-sql-type value-type)
+ (setf (slot-value esd 'sql-type) sql-type)
+ (setf (slot-value esd 'length) length)
+ (setf (slot-value esd 'type) (value-type-to-lisp-type value-type))
+ (setf (slot-value esd 'value-type) value-type)
+ (dolist (name '(print-formatter subobject hyperlink hyperlink-parameters
+ description value-constraint index null-allowed user-name))
+ (setf (slot-value esd name) (slot-value dsd name)))
+ esd)))
+
+
+#+ho-normal-cesd
+(setq cl:*features* (delete :ho-normal-cesd cl:*features*))
+#+ho-normal-dsdc
+(setq cl:*features* (delete :ho-normal-dsdc cl:*features*))
+#+ho-normal-esdc
+(setq cl:*features* (delete :ho-normal-esdc cl:*features*))
+
+(defun lisp-type-is-a-string (type)
+ (or (eq type 'string)
+ (and (listp type) (some #'(lambda (x) (eq x 'string)) type))))
+
+(defun value-type-to-lisp-type (value-type)
+ (case (if (atom value-type)
+ value-type
+ (car value-type))
+ ((:string :cdata :varchar :char)
+ '(or null string))
+ (:character
+ '(or null character))