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diff --git a/mdw-base.lisp b/mdw-base.lisp
index 59ea692..73f85e7 100644
--- a/mdw-base.lisp
+++ b/mdw-base.lisp
@@ -28,12 +28,13 @@
 
 (defpackage #:mdw.base
   (:use #:common-lisp)
-  (:export #:compile-time-defun
+  (:export #:unsigned-fixnum
+	   #:compile-time-defun
 	   #:show
 	   #:stringify #:mappend #:listify #:fix-pair #:pairify #:parse-body
 	   #:whitespace-char-p
 	   #:slot-uninitialized
-	   #:nlet #:while #:case2 #:ecase2
+	   #:nlet #:while #:until #:case2 #:ecase2
 	   #:with-gensyms #:let*/gensyms #:with-places
 	   #:locp #:locf #:ref #:with-locatives
 	   #:update-place #:update-place-after
@@ -44,20 +45,33 @@
 (in-package #:mdw.base)
 
 ;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+;;; Useful types.
+
+(deftype unsigned-fixnum ()
+  "Unsigned fixnums; useful as array indices and suchlike."
+  `(mod ,most-positive-fixnum))
+
+;;;--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ;;; Some simple macros to get things going.
 
 (defmacro compile-time-defun (name args &body body)
   "Define a function which can be used by macros during the compilation
    process."
-  `(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel)
+  `(eval-when (:compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
      (defun ,name ,args ,@body)))
 
 (defmacro show (x)
-  "Debugging tool: print the expression X and its value."
+  "Debugging tool: print the expression X and its values."
   (let ((tmp (gensym)))
-    `(let ((,tmp ,x))
-       (format t "~&~S: ~S~%" ',x ,tmp)
-       ,tmp)))
+    `(let ((,tmp (multiple-value-list ,x)))
+       (format t "~&")
+       (pprint-logical-block (*standard-output* nil :per-line-prefix ";; ")
+	 (format t
+		 "~S = ~@_~:I~:[#<no values>~;~:*~{~S~^ ~_~}~]"
+		 ',x
+		 ,tmp))
+       (terpri)
+       (values-list ,tmp))))
 
 (defun stringify (str)
   "Return a string representation of STR.  Strings are returned unchanged;
@@ -105,7 +119,9 @@
 (defun whitespace-char-p (ch)
   "Return whether CH is a whitespace character or not."
   (case ch
-    ((#\space #\tab #\newline #\return #\vt #\formfeed) t)
+    ((#\space #\tab #\newline #\return #\vt
+	      #+cmu #\formfeed
+	      #+clisp #\page) t)
     (t nil)))
 
 (declaim (ftype (function nil ()) slot-unitialized))
@@ -183,9 +199,11 @@
 
 (defmacro while (cond &body body)
   "If COND is false, evaluate to nil; otherwise evaluate BODY and try again."
-  `(loop
-     (unless ,cond (return))
-     ,@body))
+  `(loop (unless ,cond (return)) (progn ,@body)))
+
+(defmacro until (cond &body body)
+  "If COND is true, evaluate to nil; otherwise evaluate BODY and try again."
+  `(loop (when ,cond (return)) (progn ,@body)))
 
 (compile-time-defun do-case2-like (kind vform clauses)
   "Helper function for `case2' and `ecase2'."