extend namespace Command {

    /*
     * These are used by the parser when building
     * programs to run from the top level of the
     * interpreter
     */
    
    public void display (poly v) 
	/*
	 * Used by the top-level read/eval/print loop.
	 * For non-void 'v', 
	 *   Prints out 'v' in the current default format.
	 *   Inserts 'v' into the history.
	 */
    {
	if (is_void (v))
	    return;
	History::insert (v);
	printf (format, v);
	putchar ('\n');
    }

    public void display_base (poly v, int base) 
	/*
	 * Used by the top-level read/eval/print loop
	 * when '# base' is appended to an expression.
	 * For non-void 'v',
	 *  Prints out 'v' in 'base'.
	 *  Inserts 'v' into the history.
	 */
    {
	if (is_void (v))
	    return;
	History::insert (v);
	File::print (stdout, v, "g", base, 0, -1, " ");
	putchar ('\n');
    }

    /*
     * Now add a collection of useful commands
     */

    void do_quit (int args...)
	/*
	 * quit	    - exit with code 0
	 * quit N   - exit with code N
	 */
    {
	int	code = 0;
	
	if (dim(args) > 0)
	    code = args[0];
	exit (code);
    }
    new ("quit", do_quit);

    void do_history (int args...)
	/*
	 * history	- show some recent history
	 * history N    - show N recent history
	 * history N,M  - show history from N to M
	 */
    {
	switch (dim (args)) {
	case 0:
	    History::show (format);
	    break;
	case 1:
	    History::show (format, args[0]);
	    break;
	default:
	    History::show (format, args[0], args[1]);
	    break;
	}
    }
    new ("history", do_history);

    string format_name(string[*] name)
	/*
	 * given an array of namespace component strings,
	 * produce a namespace-name
	 */
    {
	if (dim(name) == 0)
	    return "";
	string result = name[0];
	for (int i = 1; i < dim(name); i++)
	    result += sprintf("::%s", name[i]);
	return result;
    }

    void do_pretty_print (string[*] names...)
	/*
	 * print		- pretty print all public names
	 * print name ...	- pretty print given names
	 */
    {
	try {
	    pretty_print (stdout, names ...);
	} catch invalid_argument(string msg, int i, poly value) {
	    File::fprintf (stderr, "\"%s\": %s\n",
			   format_name(names[i - 1]), msg);
	}
    }

    new_names ("print", do_pretty_print);

    new_names ("edit", edit);

    new_names ("undefine", undefine);

    void do_load (string f)
	/*
	 * load "filename"	- read commands from "filename"
	 */
    {
	try {
	    lex_file (f);
	} catch File::open_error (string msg,
				  File::error_type err,
				  string name) {
	    File::fprintf (stderr, "Cannot load \"%s\": %s\n",
			   name, msg);
	}
    }

    new ("load", do_load);


    string make_filename(string[*] m)
	/*
	 * construct a filename from a namespace name
	 */
    {
	string r = "";
	for (int j = 0; j < dim (m); j++) {
	    if (j > 0)
		r = r + "-";
	    bool last_lower = false;
	    for (int i = 0; i < String::length(m[j]); i++)
	    {
		int c = m[j][i];
		bool cur_lower = Ctype::islower(c);
		if (Ctype::isupper(c))
		{
		    c = Ctype::tolower(c);
		    if (last_lower)
			r = r + "-";
		}
		r = r + String::new(c);
		last_lower = cur_lower;
	    }
	}
	return r + ".5c";
    }

    void force_import(string[*] name)
	/*
	 * force an import of the given name.  XXX horrible
	 * kludge of consing up an import command in a string
	 * and then lexing it.
	 */
    {
	string imp = sprintf("import %s;\n", format_name(name));
	lex_string(imp);
    }

    void do_auto (string cmd, string[*][*] args,
		  bool do_import, bool reimport)
	/*
	 * core behavior for autoload / autoimport / reimport
	 */
    {
	/* XXX things are pushed onto the lexer stack
	   in reverse order, so we have to be careful
	   to generate things in the reverse of the order
	   we want them to appear in. */
	for (int i = dim(args) - 1; i >= 0; --i) {
	    string[*]	name = args[i];
	    if (do_import)
		force_import(name);

	    if (!reimport && valid_name (name))
		continue;

	    for (int j = dim(name) - 1; j >= 0; j--)
	    {
		string[*] subname = (string[j+1]) { [k] = name[k] };
		if (reimport || !valid_name (subname))
		{
		    string f = make_filename(subname);
		    if (!lex_library (f)) 
		    {
			File::fprintf (stderr,
				       "Cannot %s from " +
				       "file \"%s\", giving up.\n",
				       cmd,
				       f);
			return;
		    }
		}
	    }
	}
    }


    void do_autoimport (string[*] args...)
	/*
	 * autoimport ModuleName ...	-
	 *    if needed, load a library named "module-name.5c" and
	 *    import ModuleName; do for each argument
	 */
    {
	do_auto("autoimport", args, true, false);
    }

    new_names ("autoimport", do_autoimport);


    void do_reimport (string[*] args...)
	/*
	 * reimport ModuleName ...	-
	 *    load a library named "module-name.5c" and
	 *    import ModuleName; do for each argument
	 */
    {
	do_auto("reimport", args, true, true);
    }

    new_names ("reimport", do_reimport);


    void do_autoload (string[*] args...)
	/*
	 * autoload ModuleName ...	-
	 *    load a library named "module-name.5c".
	 */
    {
	do_auto("autoload", args, false, false);
    }

    new_names ("autoload", do_autoload);


    void do_char (int c ...)
	/*
	 * char c1 c2 c3	    - Print characters for given integers
	 */
    {
	for (int i = 0; i < dim (c); i++)
	    printf ("%3d 0x%02x: %v\n", 
		    c[i], c[i], String::new (c[i]));
    }
    
    new ("char", do_char);

    void process_args(&string[*] argv)
	/*
	 * parse nickle command-line arguments
	 */
    {
	bool lex_stdin = true;
	string script_name = "";

	/* XXX Much of this architecture is driven by
	   the fact that the lexer stacks the
	   files to be processed rather than queueing them. */

	typedef union {
	    string library;
	    string sfile;
	    string script;
	    string expr;
	} lexable;

	lexable[...] lexables = {};

	void process_lexables() {
	}

	void save_lexable(lexable l) {
	    lexables[dim(lexables)] = l;
	}

	void save_library(string arg) {
	    save_lexable((lexable.library)arg);
	}
	
	void save_script(string arg) {
	    save_lexable((lexable.script)arg);
	    /* Add directory containing the script to the library path */
	    nickle_path = String::dirname (arg) + ":" + nickle_path;
	    script_name = arg;
	    lex_stdin = false;
	}
	
	void save_file(string arg) {
	    save_lexable((lexable.sfile)arg);
	}
	
	void save_expr(string arg) {
	    save_lexable((lexable.expr)arg);
	    lex_stdin = false;
	}
	
	ParseArgs::argdesc argd = {
	    .args = {
		{ .var = { .arg_lambda = save_library},
		  .abbr = 'l',
		  .name = "library",
		  .expr_name = "lib",
		  .desc = "Library to load."},
		{ .var = { .arg_lambda = save_file},
		  .abbr = 'f',
		  .name = "file",
		  .expr_name = "source",
		  .desc = "Source file to load."},
		{ .var = { .arg_lambda = save_expr},
		  .abbr = 'e',
		  .name = "expr",
		  .expr_name = "expression",
		  .desc = "Expression to evaluate."}
	    },
	    .posn_args = {
		{ .var = { .arg_lambda = save_script},
		  .name = "script",
		  .optional = <>}
	    },
	    .unknown = &(int user_argind),
	    .prog_name = "nickle"
	};

	/* actually parse the arguments */
	ParseArgs::parseargs(&argd, &argv);

	/* Reset argv to hold remaining arguments */
	if (lex_stdin && is_uninit(&user_argind)) {
	    string[0] rest = {};
	    argv = rest;
	} else {
	    if (is_uninit(&user_argind))
		user_argind = dim(argv);
	    string[dim(argv) - user_argind + 1] rest;
	    rest[0] = script_name;
		for (int i = 1; i < dim(rest); i++)
		    rest[i] = argv[i + user_argind - 1];
	    argv = rest;
	}

	/* Recall the comment above.  Since the lexer
	   stacks, we must stack stdin, which is to run last,
	   *before* the other stuff.  Bleah. */
	if (lex_stdin)
	{
	    /* Add the current directory to the library path */
	    nickle_path += ":.";

	    /* we want stdin to be processed after all other lexables */
	    lex_input (stdin, "<stdin>", false, File::isatty (stdin));

	    /* if there's a .nicklerc, we apparently want that
	       next-to-last? */
	    try {
		lex_file (Environ::get ("HOME") + "/.nicklerc");
	    } catch invalid_argument (msg, int i, poly value) {
		/* do nothing */;
	    } catch File::open_error (string msg,
				      File::error_type err,
				      string name) {
		/* do nothing */;
	    }
	}

	/* now stack the other arguments, in reverse order */
	for (int i = dim(lexables) - 1; i >=0; --i) {
	    static void load_fail(string name, string msg) {
		File::fprintf (stderr, "Cannot load \"%s\": %s\n",
			       name, msg);
		exit (1);
	    }

	    static void lex_script(string arg) {
		try {
		    lex_file (arg);
		} catch File::open_error (string msg,
					  File::error_type err,
					  string name) {
		    load_fail (name, msg);
		}
	    }

	    union switch(lexables[i]) {
	    case library arg:
		if (!lex_library (arg))
		    load_fail (arg, "cannot load library");
		break;
	    case script arg:
		lex_script(arg);
		break;
	    case sfile arg:
		lex_script(arg);
		break;
	    case expr arg:
		lex_string(arg + "\n");
		break;
	    }
	}
    }
}