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+(import (scheme base) (scheme char) (scheme file)
+        (scheme read) (scheme write))
+
+(define (read-declarations-from-file filename)
+  (let ((bytes (let ((bytes (call-with-port
+                             (open-binary-input-file filename)
+                             (lambda (port) (read-bytevector 1000 port)))))
+                 (if (eof-object? bytes) (make-bytevector 0) bytes)))
+        (i 0))
+    (define (peek-next-ascii-byte)
+      (if (not (< i (bytevector-length bytes)))
+          (eof-object)
+          (let ((next-byte (bytevector-u8-ref bytes i)))
+            (if (<= 1 next-byte 126)
+                next-byte
+                (begin (set! i (+ i 1))
+                       (peek-next-ascii-byte))))))
+    (define (read-char? k)
+      (let* ((next-byte (peek-next-ascii-byte))
+             (next-char (if (eof-object? next-byte)
+                            next-byte (integer->char next-byte)))
+             (consume? (cond ((procedure? k) (k next-char))
+                             ((char? k) (eqv? k next-char))
+                             (else #f))))
+        (cond (consume? (set! i (+ i 1)) next-char)
+              (else #f))))
+    (define (read-char* k)
+      (let loop ((chars '()))
+        (let ((c (read-char? k)))
+          (if c (loop (append chars (list c)))
+              (if (null? chars) #f (list->string chars))))))
+    (define (symbol-char? c)
+      (not (or (eof-object? c) (char-whitespace? c)
+               (eqv? c #\") (eqv? c #\() (eqv? c #\)))))
+    (define (read->eol)
+      (read-char* (lambda (c) (not (eqv? c #\newline)))))
+    (define (skip-white-comm)
+      (cond ((read-char? #\;) (read->eol) (skip-white-comm))
+            ((read-char* char-whitespace?) (skip-white-comm))
+            (else #f)))
+    (define (read-lexeme)
+      (skip-white-comm)
+      (cond ((read-char? #\()) ((read-char? #\))) ((read-char* symbol-char?))
+            (else #f)))
+    (let* ((shebang (and (read-char? #\#) (read-char? #\!) (read->eol))))
+      (cons shebang
+            (and (eqv? (read-lexeme) #\() (equal? (read-lexeme) "declare-file")
+                 (eqv? (read-lexeme) #\() (equal? (read-lexeme) "coding")
+                 (let ((coding (read-lexeme)))
+                   (and (string? coding) (eqv? (read-lexeme) #\))
+                        (string-downcase coding))))))))
+
+(define (writeln x)
+  (write x)
+  (newline))
+
+(writeln (read-declarations-from-file "test-big5.scm"))
+(writeln (read-declarations-from-file "test-euc-jp.scm"))
+(writeln (read-declarations-from-file "test-shift-jis.scm"))
+(writeln (read-declarations-from-file "test-utf16-be.scm"))
+(writeln (read-declarations-from-file "test-utf16-le.scm"))