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# mime4cl
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`MIME4CL` is a Common Lisp library for dealing with MIME messages. It was
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originally been written by Walter C. Pelissero and vendored into depot
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([mime4cl-20150207T211851.tbz](http://wcp.sdf-eu.org/software/mime4cl-20150207T211851.tbz)
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to be exact) as upstream has become inactive. Its [original
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website](http://wcp.sdf-eu.org/software/#mime4cl) can still be accessed.
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The depot version has since diverged from upstream. Main aims were to improve
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performance and reduce code size by relying on third party libraries like
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flexi-streams. It is planned to improve encoding handling in the long term.
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Work towards this happens intermittently.
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WARNING:
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mime4cl currently doesn't have a _comprehensive_ test suite
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and decidedly lacks performance.
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## Differences from the original version
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* `//nix/buildLisp` is used as the build system. ASDF has been removed
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since it was untested (it should be reintroduced once mime4cl is
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“ready”).
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* The dependency on [sclf](http://wcp.sdf-eu.org/software/#sclf) has been
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eliminated by inlining the relevant parts.
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* `MY-STRING-INPUT-STREAM`, `DELIMITED-INPUT-STREAM`,
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`CHARACTER-INPUT-ADAPTER-STREAM`, `BINARY-INPUT-ADAPTER-STREAM` etc. have been
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replaced by (thin wrappers around) flexi-streams. In addition to improved
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handling of encodings, this allows using `READ-SEQUENCE` via the gray stream
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interface.
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