+;;; like INDEX, but augmented with -1 (useful when using the index
+;;; to count downwards to 0, e.g. LOOP FOR I FROM N DOWNTO 0, with
+;;; an implementation which terminates the loop by testing for the
+;;; index leaving the loop range)
+(def!type index-or-minus-1 () `(integer -1 (,sb!xc:array-dimension-limit)))
+