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# Copyright 2001, 2002 Dave Abrahams 
# Copyright 2003 Vladimir Prus 
# Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. 
# (See accompanying file LICENSE_1_0.txt or http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt) 

# difference
# returns the elements of B that are not in A
rule difference ( B * : A * )
{
    local result = ;
    local element ;
    for element in $(B)
    {
        if ! ( $(element) in $(A) )
        {
            result += $(element) ;
        }
    }
    return $(result) ;
}

NATIVE_RULE set : difference ;

# intersection set1 : set2
#
# Removes from set1 any items which don't appear in set2 and returns the result.
rule intersection ( set1 * : set2 * )
{
    local result ;
    for local v in $(set1)
    {
        if $(v) in $(set2)
        {
            result += $(v) ;
        }
    }
    return $(result) ;
}

rule equal ( set1 * : set2 * )
{
    if $(set1) in $(set2) && ( $(set2) in $(set1) )
    {
        return true ;
    }
}

rule __test__ ( )
{
    import assert ;
    
    assert.result 0 1 4 6 8 9
        : difference 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : 2 3 5 7 ;
        
    assert.result 2 5 7 : intersection 0 1 2 4 5 6 7 8 9 : 2 3 5 7 ;
    
    assert.true equal 1 1 2 3 : 3 2 2 1 ;
    
    assert.false equal 2 3 : 3 2 2 1 ;
}