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+#lang whalesong (require "../selfhost-lang.rkt" "../selfhost-strings.rkt")
+; #lang typed/racket/base
+
+;; quoting cdata for script tags.  This is used to help generate SCRIPT bodies in XHTML.
+;; Note that this won't help too much in regular HTML5 documents.
+
+(provide quote-cdata)
+
+; CDATA (character data) sequence begins with
+;                <![CDATA[
+; and ends with  ]]>
+
+; A CDATA section can not contain ]]> 
+; To encode, say, ]]> one would write <![CDATA[]]]]><![CDATA[>]]>
+; I.e. replace all occurences of ]]> with ]]]]><![CDATA[>
+; which stops and restarts the cdata sequence.
+
+(: quote-cdata (String -> String))
+#;(define (quote-cdata s)
+  (string-append "<![CDATA["
+                 (regexp-replace* #rx"]]>"             ; pattern
+                                  s                    ; input
+                                  "]]]]><![CDATA[>")   ; insert
+                 "]]>"))
+
+(define (quote-cdata s)
+  (string-append "<![CDATA["
+                 (string-replace "]]>"
+                                 "]]]]><![CDATA[>"
+                                 s)
+                 "]]>"))
+                                  
+
+;; (: quote-cdata (String -> String))
+;; (define (quote-cdata str)
+;;   (let ([chunks (regexp-split #rx"\\]\\]>" str)])
+;;     (apply string-append (map wrap (process chunks)))))
+
+
+;; (: get-cdata-chunks (String -> (Listof String)))
+;; (define (get-cdata-chunks s)
+;;   (let ([chunks (regexp-split #rx"\\]\\]>" s)])
+;;     (process chunks)))
+
+
+;; (: process ((Listof String) -> (Listof String)))
+;; (define (process lst)
+;;   (cond
+;;     [(empty? (rest lst))
+;;      lst]
+;;     [else
+;;      (cons (string-append (first lst) "]]")
+;;            (process (cons (string-append ">" (second lst))
+;;                           (rest (rest lst)))))]))
+
+;; (: wrap (String -> String))          
+;; (define (wrap s)
+;;   (string-append "<![CDATA[" s "]]>"))