;;; ldiff.lisp
;;;
;;; Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Peter Graves
;;; $Id$
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;;; Adapted from SBCL.

(in-package #:system)

(defun ldiff (list object)
  (require-type list 'list)
  (do* ((list list (cdr list))
        (result (list ()))
        (splice result))
       ((atom list)
        (if (eql list object)
            (cdr result)
            (progn (rplacd splice list) (cdr result))))
    (if (eql list object)
        (return (cdr result))
        (setq splice (cdr (rplacd splice (list (car list))))))))
