(define (vector-portion-copy vec start end)
  (let* ((len (vector-length vec))
	 (new-len (- end start))
	 (new (make-vector new-len)))
    (do ((i start (+ i 1))
	 (j 0 (+ j 1)))
	((= i end) new)
      (vector-set! new j (vector-ref vec i)))))

(define (vector-copy vec)
  (vector-portion-copy vec 0 (vector-length vec)))

(define (vector-portion-copy! target src start end)
  (let ((len (- end start)))
    (do ((i (- len 1) (- i 1))
	 (j (- end 1) (- j 1)))
	((< i 0))
      (vector-set! target i (vector-ref src j)))))

(define (has-element list index)
  (cond
   ((zero? index)
    (if (pair? list)
	(values #t (car list))
	(values #f #f)))
   ((null? list)
    (values #f #f))
   (else
    (has-element (cdr list) (- index 1)))))

(define (list-ref-or-default list index default)
  (call-with-values
   (lambda () (has-element list index))
   (lambda (has? maybe)
     (if has?
	 maybe
	 default))))

(define (vector-start+end vector maybe-start+end)
  (let ((start (list-ref-or-default maybe-start+end
				    0 0))
	(end (list-ref-or-default maybe-start+end
				  1 (vector-length vector))))
    (values start end)))

(define (vectors-start+end-2 vector-1 vector-2 maybe-start+end)
  (let ((start-1 (list-ref-or-default maybe-start+end
				      0 0))
	(end-1 (list-ref-or-default maybe-start+end
				    1 (vector-length vector-1)))
	(start-2 (list-ref-or-default maybe-start+end
				      2 0))
	(end-2 (list-ref-or-default maybe-start+end
				    3 (vector-length vector-2))))
    (values start-1 end-1
	    start-2 end-2)))