+# The command to use for percent‐decoding.
+override perdeccmd := $(SED) 's/|/%7C/g;s/[\]/%5C/g;s/%[0-9A-Fa-f]\{2\}/|&|/g' | $(TR) '|' '\n' | $(SED) '/^%[0-9A-Fa-f]\{2\}$$/!s/%/|%25|/' | $(TR) '|' '\n' | $(AWK) '$$0!~/%/{printf "%s",$$0}/%/{sub("%","0x");cmd="$(XARGS) $(PRINTF) \"%04o\"";printf "%s","\\";printf "%s",$$0|cmd;close(cmd)}' | $(XARGS) -0 $(PRINTF) '%b'
+
+# (callable) Percent‐decode the given strings.
+#
+# ☡ This variable creates a subshell every time it is computed.
+override perdec = $(shell $(PRINTF) '%s\0450A' $(foreach encoded,$1,$(call quote,$(encoded))) | $(perdeccmd))
+
+# (callable) Percent‐encode the given strings.
+#
+# This singly‐encodes u·r·i characters and doubly‐encodes other characters, then calls `perdec´ to decode back to a single encoding.
+# The encoding assumes the input is a “u·r·i component”; e·g that the resulting string should only contain `pchar´ (but can contain any `sub-delim´).
+#
+# It is assumed that the given strings do not contain newlines.
+#
+# ☡ This variable creates a subshell every time it is computed.
+override perenc = $(shell $(PRINTF) '%s\n' $(foreach unencoded,$1,$(call quote,$(unencoded))) | $(OD) -t x1 | $(SED) 's/^[0-9]*//;s/0[Aa]/%&/g;s/2[146-9A-Ea-e]/%&/g;s/3[0-9AaBbDd]/%&/g;s/40/%&/g;s/[46][1-9A-Fa-f]/%&/g;s/[57][0-9Aa]/%&/g;s/5[Ff]/%&/g;s/7[Ee]/%&/g;s/[ ][0-9A-Fa-f]\{2\}/%25&/g' | $(TR) -d ' \n' | $(TR) 'abcdef' 'ABCDEF' | $(perdeccmd))
+
+# (callable) Percent‐encode each component in the given paths.
+#
+# ☡ This variable creates a subshell every time it is computed.
+override pathenc = $(subst %2F,/,$(call perenc,$1))
+
+# (overridable) Collect all of the applicable includes from the includes directory.
+sourceincludes := $(shell $(FIND) $(foreach dir,$(INCLUDEDIR),$(call quote,$(dir))) '(' $(FINDRULES) ')' -a -type f)