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Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0
From: |
Gregory Wright |
Subject: |
Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0 |
Date: |
10 Aug 2002 12:47:17 -0400 |
On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 12:25, Matt Kaufmann wrote:
> Thanks. So, probably it's the case that as long as the LISP package exists,
> we
> can rename COMMON-LISP without breaking GCL. Do I have that right? That
> should be fine for purposes of ACL2, where we do something like this.
>
> (let ((lisp-pkg (find-package "LISP")))
> (when lisp-pkg
> (rename-package "COMMON-LISP" "COMMON-LISP-renamed")
> (let ((old-name (package-name lisp-pkg)) ; reuse old name, nicknames
> (old-nicknames (package-nicknames lisp-pkg)))
> (rename-package "LISP"
> old-name
> (cons "COMMON-LISP" old-nicknames)))))
>
> >> (with the goal of a clean, multi-platform build of maxima and maybe
> >> acl2) ....
This ought to be OK for now, but gcl developers really do need to come
up with a decision on when and how backward compatibility will be broken
in favor of ansi-fication. Just so everyone can know what version to use
with the least chance of unexpected surprises.
Best Wishes,
Greg
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- [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Matt Kaufmann, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Gregory Wright, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Matt Kaufmann, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0,
Gregory Wright <=
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Matt Kaufmann, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Camm Maguire, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Matt Kaufmann, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Matt Kaufmann, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Camm Maguire, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Matt Kaufmann, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Camm Maguire, 2002/08/14
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Camm Maguire, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Gregory Wright, 2002/08/10
- Re: [Gcl-devel] Re: "COMMON-LISP" package in GCL 2.5.0, Camm Maguire, 2002/08/14