From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc1.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader1.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: #+,#- etc. (Re: Behaviour of #'directory) References: <3c923d85.214813000@nntp.interaccess.com> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3224437278089234@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 21:01:09 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader1.kpnqwest.net 1015448469 193.71.199.50 (Wed, 06 Mar 2002 22:01:09 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Mar 2002 22:01:09 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:27985 * Marco Antoniotti | PS. There is one extra thing to note, that may or may not be | obvious. The CL reader actually checks the SYMBOL-NAME of the symbols | in *FEATURES*, so that #+:cmu works exactly like #+cmu in my setup. Not so. The #+ and #- readers bind *package* to the keyword package. Using #+:cmu is just plain ugly, and preobably reflects an old bug that somebody got hurt running into. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief.