+/* looks the key up in the cdrs of the alist-keys
+ - ignoring the car and ignoring non-pair keys.
+ Returns first match found, i.e.
+
+ alist = ((1 . 10)
+ ((1 . 2) . 11)
+ ((2 . 1) . 12)
+ ((3 . 0) . 13)
+ ((4 . 1) . 14) )
+
+I would like (ly_assoc_cdr 1) to return 12 - because it's the first
+element with the cdr of the key = 1. In other words (alloc_cdr key)
+corresponds to call
+
+(alloc (anything . key))
+
+
+
+*/
+SCM
+ly_assoc_cdr (SCM key, SCM alist)
+{
+ if (gh_pair_p (alist)) {
+ SCM trykey = ly_caar(alist);
+ if(gh_pair_p(trykey) && to_boolean(scm_equal_p(key,ly_cdr(trykey))))
+ return ly_car(alist);
+ else
+ return ly_assoc_cdr (key, ly_cdr (alist));
+ }
+ else
+ return SCM_BOOL_F;
+}
+