@@ -20,9 +20,8 @@
 	sz argc; char** argv;
 	kvar* vars;
 } kenv;
 
-
 /* i'm really sorry okay */
 typedef
 #if (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L)
 	_Bool bool;
@@ -40,8 +39,10 @@
 #endif
 ;
 
 #ifndef KFclean
+#	include <k/internal.egroup.h>
+#	define Kokay(cond) (((cond) % kglobal_module_offset) == 0)
 #	if (__STDC_VERSION__ >= 199901L) ||\
 	   (__cplusplus      >= 201103L)
 #		define KVvm_args __VA_ARGS__
 #		define KVvm_spec ...
@@ -145,10 +146,21 @@
 	_Noreturn void kstop(stat_long code);
 #else
 	void kstop(stat_long code);
 #endif
+
+typedef u16 kcond;
+/* this will probably not need to be altered,
+ * as libk sports a modest number of modules,
+ * and there are few enough error conditions
+ * in each  that 16-bit address space should
+ * be more  than enough for the  foreseeable
+ * future. however if that changes, altering
+ * the  definition here will effect all  the
+ * necessary changes throughout the library */
+bool kokay(kcond);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
 #endif
 
 #endif