if not modules then modules = { } end modules ['core-con'] = {
    version   = 1.001,
    comment   = "companion to core-con.mkiv",
    author    = "Hans Hagen, PRAGMA-ADE, Hasselt NL",
    copyright = "PRAGMA ADE / ConTeXt Development Team",
    license   = "see context related readme files"
}

--[[ldx--
<p>This module implements a bunch of conversions. Some are more
efficient than their <l n='tex'/> counterpart, some are even
slower but look nicer this way.</p>

<p>Some code may move to a module in the language namespace.</p>
--ldx]]--

local command, context = commands, context

local floor, date, time, concat = math.floor, os.date, os.time, table.concat
local lower, rep, match = string.lower, string.rep, string.match
local utfchar, utfbyte = utf.char, utf.byte
local tonumber, tostring = tonumber, tostring

local context            = context

local settings_to_array  = utilities.parsers.settings_to_array
local allocate           = utilities.storage.allocate
local formatters         = string.formatters
local variables          = interfaces.variables

converters               = converters or { }
local converters         = converters

languages                = languages  or { }
local languages          = languages

converters.number  = tonumber
converters.numbers = tonumber

function commands.number(n) context(n) end

commands.numbers = commands.number

-- to be reconsidered ... languages namespace here, might become local plus a register command

local counters = allocate {
    ['default'] = { -- no metatable as we do a test on keys
        0x0061, 0x0062, 0x0063, 0x0064, 0x0065,
        0x0066, 0x0067, 0x0068, 0x0069, 0x006A,
        0x006B, 0x006C, 0x006D, 0x006E, 0x006F,
        0x0070, 0x0071, 0x0072, 0x0073, 0x0074,
        0x0075, 0x0076, 0x0077, 0x0078, 0x0079,
        0x007A
    },
    ['slovenian'] = {
        0x0061, 0x0062, 0x0063, 0x010D, 0x0064,
        0x0065, 0x0066, 0x0067, 0x0068, 0x0069,
        0x006A, 0x006B, 0x006C, 0x006D, 0x006E,
        0x006F, 0x0070, 0x0072, 0x0073, 0x0161,
        0x0074, 0x0075, 0x0076, 0x007A, 0x017E
    },
    ['greek'] = { -- this should be the lowercase table
     -- 0x0391, 0x0392, 0x0393, 0x0394, 0x0395,
     -- 0x0396, 0x0397, 0x0398, 0x0399, 0x039A,
     -- 0x039B, 0x039C, 0x039D, 0x039E, 0x039F,
     -- 0x03A0, 0x03A1, 0x03A3, 0x03A4, 0x03A5,
     -- 0x03A6, 0x03A7, 0x03A8, 0x03A9
        0x03B1, 0x03B2, 0x03B3, 0x03B4, 0x03B5,
        0x03B6, 0x03B7, 0x03B8, 0x03B9, 0x03BA,
        0x03BB, 0x03BC, 0x03BD, 0x03BE, 0x03BF,
        0x03C0, 0x03C1, 0x03C3, 0x03C4, 0x03C5,
        0x03C6, 0x03C7, 0x03C8, 0x03C9,
    },
    ['arabic'] = {
        0x0627, 0x0628, 0x062C, 0x062F, 0x0647,
        0x0648, 0x0632, 0x062D, 0x0637, 0x0649,
        0x0643, 0x0644, 0x0645, 0x0646, 0x0633,
        0x0639, 0x0641, 0x0635, 0x0642, 0x0631,
        0x0634, 0x062A, 0x062B, 0x062E, 0x0630,
        0x0636, 0x0638, 0x063A,
    },
    ['persian'] = {
        0x0627, 0x0628, 0x062C, 0x062F, 0x0647,
        0x0648, 0x0632, 0x062D, 0x0637, 0x0649,
        0x06A9, 0x0644, 0x0645, 0x0646, 0x0633,
        0x0639, 0x0641, 0x0635, 0x0642, 0x0631,
        0x0634, 0x062A, 0x062B, 0x062E, 0x0630,
        0x0636, 0x0638, 0x063A,
    },
    ['thai'] = {
        0xE050, 0xE051, 0xE052, 0xE053, 0xE054,
        0xE055, 0xE056, 0xE057, 0xE058, 0xE059
    },
    ['devangari'] = {
        0x0966, 0x0967, 0x0968, 0x0969, 0x096A,
        0x096B, 0x096C, 0x096D, 0x096E, 0x096F
    },
    ['gurmurkhi'] = {
        0x0A66, 0x0A67, 0x0A68, 0x0A69, 0x0A6A,
        0x0A6B, 0x0A6C, 0x0A6D, 0x0A6E, 0x0A6F
    },
    ['gujarati'] = {
        0x0AE6, 0x0AE7, 0x0AE8, 0x0AE9, 0x0AEA,
        0x0AEB, 0x0AEC, 0x0AED, 0x0AEE, 0x0AEF
    },
    ['tibetan'] = {
        0x0F20, 0x0F21, 0x0F22, 0x0F23, 0x0F24,
        0x0F25, 0x0F26, 0x0F27, 0x0F28, 0x0F29
    },
    ['korean'] = {
        0x3131, 0x3134, 0x3137, 0x3139, 0x3141,
        0x3142, 0x3145, 0x3147, 0x3148, 0x314A,
        0x314B, 0x314C, 0x314D, 0x314E
    },
    ['korean-parent'] = { -- parenthesed
        0x3200, 0x3201, 0x3202, 0x3203, 0x3204,
        0x3205, 0x3206, 0x3207, 0x3208, 0x3209,
        0x320A, 0x320B, 0x320C, 0x320D
    },
    ['korean-circle'] = { -- circled
        0x3260, 0x3261, 0x3262, 0x3263, 0x3264,
        0x3265, 0x3266, 0x3267, 0x3268, 0x3269,
        0x326A, 0x326B, 0x326C, 0x326D
    },
}

languages.counters = counters

counters['ar']   = counters['arabic']
counters['gr']   = counters['greek']
counters['g']    = counters['greek']
counters['sl']   = counters['slovenian']
counters['kr']   = counters['korean']
counters['kr-p'] = counters['korean-parent']
counters['kr-c'] = counters['korean-circle']

local fallback = utfbyte('0')

local function chr(n,m)
    return (n > 0 and n < 27 and utfchar(n+m)) or ""
end

local function chrs(n,m,t)
    if not t then
        t = { }
    end
    if n > 26 then
        chrs(floor((n-1)/26),m,t)
        n = (n-1)%26 + 1
    end
    if n ~= 0 then
        t[#t+1] = utfchar(n+m)
    end
    if n <= 26 then
        return concat(t)
    end
end

local function maxchrs(n,m,cmd,t)
    if not t then
        t = { }
    end
    if n > m then
        maxchrs(floor((n-1)/m),m,cmd)
        n = (n-1)%m + 1
    end
    t[#t+1] = formatters["%s{%s}"](cmd,n)
    if n <= m then
        return concat(t)
    end
end

converters.chr     = chr
converters.chrs    = chrs
converters.maxchrs = maxchrs

local lowercharacter = characters.lcchars
local uppercharacter = characters.ucchars

local function do_alphabetic(n,mapping,mapper,t) -- todo: make zero based variant (initial n + 1)
    if not t then
        t = { }
    end
    local max = #mapping
    if n > max then
        do_alphabetic(floor((n-1)/max),mapping,mapper,t)
        n = (n-1) % max + 1
    end
    local chr = mapping[n] or fallback
    t[#t+1] = mapper and mapper[chr] or chr
    if n <= max then
        return concat(t)
    end
end

function converters.alphabetic(n,code)
    return do_alphabetic(n,counters[code] or counters.default,lowercharacter)
end

function converters.Alphabetic(n,code)
    return do_alphabetic(n,counters[code] or counters.default,uppercharacter)
end

local lower_offset = 96
local upper_offset = 64

function converters.character (n) return chr (n,lower_offset) end
function converters.Character (n) return chr (n,upper_offset) end
function converters.characters(n) return chrs(n,lower_offset) end
function converters.Characters(n) return chrs(n,upper_offset) end

function commands.alphabetic(n,c) context(do_alphabetic(n,counters[c],lowercharacter)) end
function commands.Alphabetic(n,c) context(do_alphabetic(n,counters[c],uppercharacter)) end
function commands.character (n)   context(chr (n,lower_offset)) end
function commands.Character (n)   context(chr (n,upper_offset)) end
function commands.characters(n)   context(chrs(n,lower_offset)) end
function commands.Characters(n)   context(chrs(n,upper_offset)) end

local weekday    = os.weekday    -- moved to l-os
local isleapyear = os.isleapyear -- moved to l-os
local nofdays    = os.nofdays    -- moved to l-os

local function leapyear(year)
    return isleapyear(year) and 1 or 0
end

local function textime()
    return tonumber(date("%H")) * 60 + tonumber(date("%M"))
end

function converters.year  () return date("%Y") end
function converters.month () return date("%m") end
function converters.hour  () return date("%H") end
function converters.minute() return date("%M") end
function converters.second() return date("%S") end

converters.weekday    = weekday
converters.isleapyear = isleapyear
converters.leapyear   = leapyear
converters.nofdays    = nofdays
converters.textime    = textime

function commands.weekday (day,month,year) context(weekday (day,month,year)) end
function commands.leapyear(year)           context(leapyear(year))           end -- rather useless, only for ifcase
function commands.nofdays (year,month)     context(nofdays (year,month))     end

function commands.year   () context(date("%Y")) end
function commands.month  () context(date("%m")) end
function commands.hour   () context(date("%H")) end
function commands.minute () context(date("%M")) end
function commands.second () context(date("%S")) end
function commands.textime() context(textime()) end

function commands.doifleapyearelse(year)
    commands.doifelse(isleapyear(year))
end

local roman = {
    { [0] = '', 'I', 'II', 'III', 'IV', 'V', 'VI', 'VII', 'VIII', 'IX' },
    { [0] = '', 'X', 'XX', 'XXX', 'XL', 'L', 'LX', 'LXX', 'LXXX', 'XC' },
    { [0] = '', 'C', 'CC', 'CCC', 'CD', 'D', 'DC', 'DCC', 'DCCC', 'CM' },
}

local function toroman(n)
    if n >= 4000 then
        return toroman(floor(n/1000)) .. " " .. toroman(n%1000)
    else
        return rep("M",floor(n/1000)) .. roman[3][floor((n%1000)/100)] .. roman[2][floor((n%100)/10)] .. roman[1][floor((n%10)/1)]
    end
end

converters.toroman       = toroman
converters.Romannumerals = toroman
converters.romannumerals = function(n) return lower(toroman(n)) end

function commands.romannumerals(n) context(lower(toroman(n))) end
function commands.Romannumerals(n) context(      toroman(n))  end

--~ local small = {
--~     0x0627, 0x066E, 0x062D, 0x062F, 0x0647, 0x0648, 0x0631
--~ }

--~ local large = {
--~     { 0x0627, 0x0628, 0x062C, 0x062F, 0x0647, 0x0648, 0x0632, 0x062D, 0x0637, },
--~     { 0x064A, 0x0643, 0x0644, 0x0645, 0x0646, 0x0633, 0x0639, 0x0641, 0x0635, },
--~     { 0x0642, 0x0631, 0x0634, 0x062A, 0x062B, 0x062E, 0x0630, 0x0636, 0x0638, },
--~     { 0x063A                                                                  },
--~ }

local small = {
    "ا", "ٮ", "ح", "د", "ه", "و", "ر",
}

local medium = {
     "ا", "ب", "ج", "د", "ه", "و","ز", "ح", "ط" ,
     "ي", "ك", "ل", "م", "ن", "س", "ع", "ف", "ص" ,
     "ق", "ر", "ش", "ت", "ث", "خ", "ذ", "ض", "ظ" ,
     "غ" ,
}

local large = {
    { "ا", "ب", "ج", "د", "ه", "و","ز", "ح", "ط" },
    { "ي", "ك", "ل", "م", "ن", "س", "ع", "ف", "ص" },
    { "ق", "ر", "ش", "ت", "ث", "خ", "ذ", "ض", "ظ" },
    { "غ" },
}

local function toabjad(n,what)
    if n <= 0 or n >= 2000 then
        return tostring(n)
    elseif what == 2 and n <= 7 then
        return small[n]
    elseif what == 3 and n <= 28 then
        return medium[n]
    else
        local a, b, c, d
        a, n = floor(n/1000), n % 1000 -- mod(n,1000)
        b, n = floor(n/ 100), n %  100 -- mod(n, 100)
        c, n = floor(n/  10), n %   10 -- mod(n,  10)
        d, n = floor(n/   1), n %    1 -- mod(n,   1)
        return (large[4][a] or "") .. (large[3][b] or "") .. (large[2][c] or "") .. (large[1][d] or "")
    end
end

converters.toabjad = toabjad

function converters.abjadnumerals     (n) return toabjad(n,false) end
function converters.abjadnodotnumerals(n) return toabjad(n,true ) end

function commands.abjadnumerals     (n) context(toabjad(n,false)) end
function commands.abjadnodotnumerals(n) context(toabjad(n,true )) end

local vector = {
    normal = {
                [0] = "〇",
                [1] = "一",
                [2] = "二",
                [3] = "三",
                [4] = "四",
                [5] = "五",
                [6] = "六",
                [7] = "七",
                [8] = "八",
                [9] = "九",
               [10] = "十",
              [100] = "百",
             [1000] = "千",
            [10000] = "万",
        [100000000] = "亿",
    },
    cap = {
                [0] = "零",
                [1] = "壹",
                [2] = "贰",
                [3] = "叁",
                [4] = "肆",
                [5] = "伍",
                [6] = "陆",
                [7] = "柒",
                [8] = "捌",
                [9] = "玖",
               [10] = "拾",
              [100] = "佰",
             [1000] = "仟",
            [10000] = "萬",
        [100000000] = "亿",
    },
    all = {
                [0] = "〇",
                [1] = "一",
                [2] = "二",
                [3] = "三",
                [4] = "四",
                [5] = "五",
                [6] = "六",
                [7] = "七",
                [8] = "八",
                [9] = "九",
               [10] = "十",
               [20] = "廿",
               [30] = "卅",
              [100] = "百",
             [1000] = "千",
            [10000] = "万",
        [100000000] = "亿",
    }
}

local function tochinese(n,name) -- normal, caps, all
 -- improved version by Li Yanrui
    local result, r = { }, 0
    local vector = vector[name] or vector.normal
    while true do
        if n == 0 then
            break
        elseif n >= 100000000 then
            local m = floor(n/100000000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = tochinese(m,name)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[100000000]
            local z = n - m * 100000000
            if z > 0 and z < 10000000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 100000000
        elseif n >= 10000000 then
            local m = floor(n/10000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = tochinese(m,name)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10000]
            local z = n - m * 10000
            if z > 0 and z < 1000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 10000
        elseif n >= 1000000 then
            local m = floor(n/10000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = tochinese(m,name)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10000]
            local z = n - m * 10000
            if z > 0 and z < 1000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 10000
        elseif n >= 100000 then
            local m = floor(n/10000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = tochinese(m,name)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10000]
            local z = n - m * 10000
            if z > 0 and z < 1000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 10000
         elseif n >= 10000 then
            local m = floor(n/10000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m]
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10000]
            local z = n - m * 10000
            if z > 0 and z < 1000 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 10000
         elseif n >= 1000 then
            local m = floor(n/1000)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m]
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[1000]
            local z =  n - m * 1000
            if z > 0 and z < 100 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 1000
         elseif n >= 100 then
            local m = floor(n/100)
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m]
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[100]
            local z = n - m * 100
            if z > 0 and z < 10 then r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[0] end
            n = n % 100
         elseif n >= 10 then
            local m = floor(n/10)
            if m > 1 and vector[m*10] then
                r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m*10]
            else
                r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[m]
                r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[10]
            end
            n = n % 10
        else
            r = r + 1 ; result[r] = vector[n]
            break
        end
    end
    if (result[1] == vector[1] and result[2] == vector[10]) then
        result[1] = ""
    end
    return concat(result)
end

-- local t = { 1,10,15,25,35,45,11,100,111,1111,10000,11111,100000,111111,1111111,11111111,111111111,100000000,1111111111,11111111111,111111111111,1111111111111 }
-- for k=1,#t do
-- local v = t[k]
--     print(v,tochinese(v),tochinese(v,"all"),tochinese(v,"cap"))
-- end

converters.tochinese = tochinese

function converters.chinesenumerals   (n) return tochinese(n,"normal") end
function converters.chinesecapnumerals(n) return tochinese(n,"cap"   ) end
function converters.chineseallnumerals(n) return tochinese(n,"all"   ) end

function commands.chinesenumerals   (n) context(tochinese(n,"normal")) end
function commands.chinesecapnumerals(n) context(tochinese(n,"cap"   )) end
function commands.chineseallnumerals(n) context(tochinese(n,"all"   )) end

converters.sequences = converters.sequences or { }
local sequences      = converters.sequences

storage.register("converters/sequences", sequences, "converters.sequences")

function converters.define(name,set)
    sequences[name] = settings_to_array(set)
end

commands.defineconversion = converters.define

local function convert(method,n) -- todo: language
    local converter = converters[method]
    if converter then
        return converter(n)
    else
        local lowermethod = lower(method)
        local linguistic = counters[lowermethod]
        if linguistic then
            return do_alphabetic(n,linguistic,lowermethod == method and lowercharacter or uppercharacter)
        end
        local sequence = sequences[method]
        if sequence then
            local max = #sequence
            if n > max then
                return sequence[(n-1) % max + 1]
            else
                return sequence[n]
            end
        else
            return n
        end
    end
end

converters.convert = convert

function commands.checkedconversion(method,n)
    context(convert(method,n))
end

-- Well, since the one asking for this didn't test it the following code is not
-- enabled.
--
-- -- This Lua version is based on a Javascript by Behdad Esfahbod which in turn
-- -- is based on GPL'd code by Roozbeh Pournader of the The FarsiWeb Project
-- -- Group: http://www.farsiweb.info/jalali/jalali.js.
-- --
-- -- We start tables at one, I kept it zero based in order to stay close to
-- -- the original.
-- --
-- -- Conversion by Hans Hagen
--
-- local g_days_in_month = { [0]=31, 28, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31, 31, 30, 31, 30, 31 }
-- local j_days_in_month = { [0]=31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 31, 30, 30, 30, 30, 30, 29 }
--
-- local function div(a,b)
--   return math.floor(a/b)
-- end
--
-- local function remainder(a,b)
--   return a - div(a,b)*b
-- end
--
-- function gregorian_to_jalali(gy,gm,gd)
--     local jy, jm, jd, g_day_no, j_day_no, j_np, i
--     gy, gm, gd = gy - 1600, gm - 1, gd - 1
--     g_day_no = 365*gy + div((gy+3),4) - div((gy+99),100) + div((gy+399),400)
--     i = 0
--     while i < gm do
--         g_day_no = g_day_no + g_days_in_month[i]
--         i = i + 1
--     end
--     if (gm>1 and ((gy%4==0 and gy%100~=0) or (gy%400==0))) then
--         g_day_no = g_day_no + 1
--     end
--     g_day_no = g_day_no + gd
--     j_day_no = g_day_no - 79
--     j_np = div(j_day_no,12053)
--     j_day_no = remainder(j_day_no,12053)
--     jy = 979 + 33*j_np + 4*div(j_day_no,1461)
--     j_day_no = remainder(j_day_no,1461)
--     if j_day_no >= 366 then
--         jy = jy + div((j_day_no-1),365)
--         j_day_no = remainder((j_day_no-1),365)
--     end
--     i = 0
--     while i < 11 and j_day_no >= j_days_in_month[i] do
--         j_day_no = j_day_no - j_days_in_month[i]
--         i = i + 1
--     end
--     jm = i + 1
--     jd = j_day_no + 1
--     return jy, jm, jd
-- end
--
-- function jalali_to_gregorian(jy,jm,jd)
--     local gy, gm, gd, g_day_no, j_day_no, leap, i
--     jy, jm, jd = jy - 979, jm - 1, jd - 1
--     j_day_no = 365*jy + div(jy,33)*8 + div((remainder(jy,33)+3),4)
--     i = 0
--     while i < jm do
--         j_day_no = j_day_no + j_days_in_month[i]
--         i = i + 1
--     end
--     j_day_no = j_day_no + jd
--     g_day_no = j_day_no + 79
--     gy = 1600 + 400*div(g_day_no,146097)
--     g_day_no = remainder (g_day_no, 146097)
--     leap = 1
--     if g_day_no >= 36525 then
--         g_day_no = g_day_no - 1
--         gy = gy + 100*div(g_day_no,36524)
--         g_day_no = remainder (g_day_no, 36524)
--         if g_day_no >= 365 then
--             g_day_no = g_day_no + 1
--         else
--             leap = 0
--         end
--     end
--     gy = gy  + 4*div(g_day_no,1461)
--     g_day_no = remainder (g_day_no, 1461)
--     if g_day_no >= 366 then
--         leap = 0
--         g_day_no = g_day_no - 1
--         gy = gy + div(g_day_no, 365)
--         g_day_no = remainder(g_day_no, 365)
--     end
--     i = 0
--     while g_day_no >= g_days_in_month[i] + ((i == 1 and leap) or 0) do
--         g_day_no = g_day_no - g_days_in_month[i] + ((i == 1 and leap) or 0)
--         i = i + 1
--     end
--     gm = i + 1
--     gd = g_day_no + 1
--     return gy, gm, gd
-- end
--
-- print(gregorian_to_jalali(2009,02,24))
-- print(jalali_to_gregorian(1387,12,06))

-- -- more efficient but needs testing

-- local escapes = characters.filters.utf.private.escapes

-- local function do_alphabetic(n,mapping,chr)
--     local max = #mapping
--     if n > max then
--         do_alphabetic(floor((n-1)/max),mapping,chr)
--         n = (n-1)%max+1
--     end
--     n = chr(n,mapping)
--     context(escapes[n] or utfchar(n))
-- end

-- local lccodes, uccodes, safechar = characters.lccode, characters.uccode, commands.safechar

-- local function do_alphabetic(n,mapping,chr)
--     local max = #mapping
--     if n > max then
--         do_alphabetic(floor((n-1)/max),mapping,chr)
--         n = (n-1)%max+1
--     end
--     safechar(chr(n,mapping))
-- end

-- local function lowercased(n,mapping) return characters.lccode(mapping[n] or fallback) end
-- local function uppercased(n,mapping) return characters.uccode(mapping[n] or fallback) end

-- function converters.alphabetic(n,code)
--     do_alphabetic(n,counters[code] or counters.default,lowercased) -- lccode catches wrong tables
-- end

-- function converters.Alphabetic(n,code)
--     do_alphabetic(n,counters[code] or counters.default,uppercased)
-- end

local ordinals = {
    english = function(n)
        local two = n % 100
        if two == 11 or two == 12 or two == 13 then
            return "th"
        else
            local one = n % 10
            if one == 1 then
                return "st"
            elseif one == 2 then
                return "nd"
            elseif one == 3 then
                return "rd"
            else
                return "th"
            end
        end
    end,
    dutch = function(n)
        return "e"
    end,
    french = function(n)
        if n == 1 then
            return "er"
        end
    end,
}

ordinals.en = ordinals.english
ordinals.nl = ordinals.dutch
ordinals.fr = ordinals.french

function converters.ordinal(n,language)
    local t = language and ordinals[language]
    return t and t(n)
end

function commands.ordinal(n,language)
    local t = language and ordinals[language]
    local o = t and t(n)
    context(n)
    if o then
        context.highordinalstr(o)
    end
end

-- verbose numbers

-- verbose numbers

local data         = allocate()
local verbose      = { data = data }
converters.verbose = verbose

-- verbose english

local words = {
        [0] = "zero",
        [1] = "one",
        [2] = "two",
        [3] = "three",
        [4] = "four",
        [5] = "five",
        [6] = "six",
        [7] = "seven",
        [8] = "eight",
        [9] = "nine",
       [10] = "ten",
       [11] = "eleven",
       [12] = "twelve",
       [13] = "thirteen",
       [14] = "fourteen",
       [15] = "fifteen",
       [16] = "sixteen",
       [17] = "seventeen",
       [18] = "eighteen",
       [19] = "nineteen",
       [20] = "twenty",
       [30] = "thirty",
       [40] = "forty",
       [50] = "fifty",
       [60] = "sixty",
       [70] = "seventy",
       [80] = "eighty",
       [90] = "ninety",
      [100] = "hundred",
     [1000] = "thousand",
   [1000^2] = "million",
   [1000^3] = "billion",
   [1000^4] = "trillion",
}

local function translate(n)
    local w = words[n]
    if w then
        return w
    end
    local t = { }
    local function compose_one(n)
        local w = words[n]
        if w then
            t[#t+1] = w
            return
        end
        local a, b = floor(n/100), n % 100
        if a == 10 then
            t[#t+1] = words[1]
            t[#t+1] = words[1000]
        elseif a > 0 then
            t[#t+1] = words[a]
            t[#t+1] = words[100]
            -- don't say 'nine hundred zero'
            if b == 0 then
                return
            end
        end
        if words[b] then
            t[#t+1] = words[b]
        else
            a, b = floor(b/10), n % 10
            t[#t+1] = words[a*10]
            t[#t+1] = words[b]
        end
    end
    local function compose_two(n,m)
        if n > (m-1) then
            local a, b = floor(n/m), n % m
            if a > 0 then
                compose_one(a)
            end
            t[#t+1] = words[m]
            n = b
        end
        return n
    end
    n = compose_two(n,1000^4)
    n = compose_two(n,1000^3)
    n = compose_two(n,1000^2)
    n = compose_two(n,1000^1)
    if n > 0 then
        compose_one(n)
    end
    return #t > 0 and concat(t," ") or tostring(n)
end

data.english = {
    words     = words,
    translate = translate,
}

data.en = data.english

-- print(translate(11111111))
-- print(translate(2221101))
-- print(translate(1111))
-- print(translate(1218))
-- print(translate(1234))
-- print(translate(12345))
-- print(translate(12345678900000))

-- verbose spanish (unchecked)

local words = {
        [1] = "uno",
        [2] = "dos",
        [3] = "tres",
        [4] = "cuatro",
        [5] = "cinco",
        [6] = "seis",
        [7] = "siete",
        [8] = "ocho",
        [9] = "nueve",
       [10] = "diez",
       [11] = "once",
       [12] = "doce",
       [13] = "trece",
       [14] = "catorce",
       [15] = "quince",
       [16] = "dieciséis",
       [17] = "diecisiete",
       [18] = "dieciocho",
       [19] = "diecinueve",
       [20] = "veinte",
       [21] = "veintiuno",
       [22] = "veintidós",
       [23] = "veintitrés",
       [24] = "veinticuatro",
       [25] = "veinticinco",
       [26] = "veintiséis",
       [27] = "veintisiete",
       [28] = "veintiocho",
       [29] = "veintinueve",
       [30] = "treinta",
       [40] = "cuarenta",
       [50] = "cincuenta",
       [60] = "sesenta",
       [70] = "setenta",
       [80] = "ochenta",
       [90] = "noventa",
      [100] = "ciento",
      [200] = "doscientos",
      [300] = "trescientos",
      [400] = "cuatrocientos",
      [500] = "quinientos",
      [600] = "seiscientos",
      [700] = "setecientos",
      [800] = "ochocientos",
      [900] = "novecientos",
     [1000] = "mil",
   [1000^2] = "millón",
   [1000^3] = "mil millónes",
   [1000^4] = "billón",
}

local function translate(n)
    local w = words[n]
    if w then
        return w
    end
    local t = { }
    local function compose_one(n)
        local w = words[n]
        if w then
            t[#t+1] = w
            return
        end
        -- a, b = hundreds, remainder
        local a, b = floor(n/100), n % 100
        -- one thousand
        if a == 10 then
            t[#t+1] = words[1]
            t[#t+1] = words[1000]
        -- x hundred (n.b. this will not give thirteen hundred because
        -- compose_one(n) is only called after
        -- `n = compose(two(n, 1000^1))`.
        elseif a > 0 then
            t[#t+1] = words[a*100]
        end
        -- the remainder
        if words[b] then
            t[#t+1] = words[b]
        else
            -- a, b = tens, remainder
            a, b = floor(b/10), n % 10
            t[#t+1] = words[a*10]
            t[#t+1] = "y"
            t[#t+1] = words[b]
        end
    end
    -- compose_two handles x billion, ... x thousand. When 1000 or less is
    -- left, compose_one takes over.
    local function compose_two(n,m)
        if n > (m-1) then
            local a, b = floor(n/m), n % m
            if a > 0 then
                compose_one(a)
            end
            t[#t+1] = words[m]
            n = b
        end
        return n
    end
    n = compose_two(n,1000^4)
    n = compose_two(n,1000^3)
    n = compose_two(n,1000^2)
    n = compose_two(n,1000^1)
    if n > 0 then
        compose_one(n)
    end
    return #t > 0 and concat(t," ") or tostring(n)
end

data.spanish = {
    words     = words,
    translate = translate,
}

data.es = data.spanish

-- print(translate(31))
-- print(translate(101))
-- print(translate(199))

-- verbose handler:

function converters.verbose.translate(n,language)
    local t = language and data[language]
    return t and t.translate(n) or n
end

function commands.verbose(n,language)
    local t = language and data[language]
    context(t and t.translate(n) or n)
end

-- --

local v_day      = variables.day
local v_year     = variables.year
local v_month    = variables.month
local v_weekday  = variables.weekday
local v_referral = variables.referral
local v_space    = variables.space

local convert = converters.convert

local days = { -- not variables.sunday
    "sunday",
    "monday",
    "tuesday",
    "wednesday",
    "thursday",
    "friday",
    "saturday",
}

local months = { -- not variables.january
    "january",
    "february",
    "march",
    "april",
    "may",
    "june",
    "july",
    "august",
    "september",
    "october",
    "november",
    "december",
}

function commands.dayname(n)
    context.labeltext(days[n] or "unknown")
end

function commands.weekdayname(day,month,year)
    context.labeltext(days[weekday(day,month,year)] or "unknown")
end

function commands.monthname(n)
    context.labeltext(months[n] or "unknown")
end

function commands.monthmnem(n)
    local m = months[n]
    context.labeltext(m and (m ..":mnem") or "unknown")
end

-- a prelude to a function that we can use at the lua end

-- day:ord month:mmem
-- j and jj obsolete

function commands.currentdate(str,currentlanguage) -- second argument false : no label
    local list = utilities.parsers.settings_to_array(str)
    local splitlabel = languages.labels.split or string.itself -- we need to get the loading order right
    local year, month, day = tex.year, tex.month, tex.day
    local auto = true
    for i=1,#list do
        local entry = list[i]
        local tag, plus = splitlabel(entry)
        local ordinal, mnemonic, whatordinal = false, false, nil
        if not tag then
            tag = entry
        elseif plus == "+" or plus == "ord" then
            ordinal = true
        elseif plus == "mnem" then
            mnemonic = true
        end
        if not auto and (tag == v_year or tag == v_month or tag == v_day or tag == v_weekday) then
            context.space()
        end
        auto = false
        if tag == v_year or tag == "y" then
            context(year)
        elseif tag == "yy" then
            context("%02i",year % 100)
        elseif tag == "Y" then
            context(year)
        elseif tag == v_month or tag == "m" then
            if currentlanguage == false then
                context(months[month] or "unknown")
            elseif mnemonic then
                commands.monthmnem(month)
            else
                commands.monthname(month)
            end
        elseif tag == "mm" then
            context("%02i",month)
        elseif tag == "M" then
            context(month)
        elseif tag == v_day or tag == "d" then
            if currentlanguage == false then
                context(days[day] or "unknown")
            else
                context.convertnumber(v_day,day)
            end
            whatordinal = day
        elseif tag == "dd" then
            context("%02i",day)
            whatordinal = day
        elseif tag == "D" then
            context(day)
            whatordinal = day
        elseif tag == v_weekday or tag == "w" then
            local wd = weekday(day,month,year)
            if currentlanguage == false then
                context(days[wd] or "unknown")
            else
                commands.dayname(wd)
            end
        elseif tag == "W" then
            context(weekday(day,month,year))
        elseif tag == v_referral then
            context("%04i%02i%02i",year,month,day)
        elseif tag == v_space or tag == "\\ " then
            context.space()
            auto = true
        elseif tag ~= "" then
            context(tag)
            auto = true
        end
        if ordinal and whatordinal then
            if currentlanguage == false then
                -- ignore
            else
                context(converters.ordinal(whatordinal,currentlanguage)) -- no "%s" needed
            end
        end
    end
end

function commands.rawdate(str)
    commands.currentdate(str,false)
end