all-fields)))
	(make-condition-from-values type inits))
      (throw 'wrong-type-arg "make-condition"
             "Wrong type argument: ~S" type)))

(define (make-compound-condition . conditions)
  "Return a new compound condition composed of CONDITIONS."
  (let* ((types  (map condition-type conditions))
	 (ct     (make-compound-condition-type 'compound types))
	 (inits  (append-map (lambda (c)
			       (let ((ct (condition-type c)))
				 (map (lambda (f)
					(condition-ref c f))
				      (condition-type-all-fields ct))))
			     conditions)))
    (make-condition-from-values ct inits)))

(define (extract-condition c type)
  "Return a condition of condition type TYPE with the field values specified
by C."

  (define (first-field-index parents)
    ;; Return the index of the first field of TYPE within C.
    (let loop ((parents parents)
	       (index   0))
      (let ((parent (car parents)))
	(cond ((null? parents)
	       #f)
	      ((eq? parent type)
	       index)
	      ((pair? parent)
	       (or (loop parent index)
		   (loop (cdr parents)
			 (+ index
			    (apply + (map condition-type-all-fields
					  parent))))))
	      (else
	       (let ((shift (length (condition-type-all-fields parent))))
		 (loop (cdr parents)
		       (+ index shift))))))))

  (define (list-fields start-index field-names)
    ;; Return a list of the form `(FIELD-NAME VALUE...)'.
    (let loop ((index       start-index)
	       (field-names field-names)
	       (result      '()))
      (if (null? field-names)
	  (reverse! result)
	  (loop (+ 1 index)
		(cdr field-names)
		(cons* (struct-ref c index)
		       (car field-names)
		       result)))))

  (if (and (condition? c) (condition-type? type))
      (let* ((ct     (condition-type c))
             (parent (condition-type-parent ct)))
        (cond ((eq? type ct)
               c)
              ((pair? parent)
               ;; C is a compound condition.
               (let ((field-index (first-field-index parent)))
                 ;;(format #t "field-index: ~a ~a~%" field-index
                 ;;        (list-fields field-index
                 ;;                     (condition-type-all-fields type)))
                 (apply make-condition type
                        (list-fields field-index
                                     (condition-type-all-fields type)))))
              (else
               ;; C does not have type TYPE.
               #f)))
      (throw 'wrong-type-arg "extract-condition"
             "Wrong type argument")))