[Gcl-devel] defining packages with "nil"

[Jared Davis]

Hi,

I am just trying to make a really simple package with only a few symbols in it, 
but something seems to be wrong.  In particular, I get the following error under 
GCL 2.6.7 CLtL1.

>(defpackage "TEST"
  (:use)
  (:import-from "LISP" "CAR" "CDR" "CONSP" "NIL"))

Correctable error:
Signalled by LISP:SPECIFIC-CORRECTABLE-ERROR.
If continued:
Broken at LISP:SPECIFIC-CORRECTABLE-ERROR.  Type :H for Help.


I don't really know what I'm doing, so it may be that the above is not a valid 
use of defpackage, but it seems to work in CMUCL.  Perhaps I need to use an ANSI 
GCL instead of CLTL1?  If I remove "NIL" from the list of symbols, things seem 
to work as I would expect, e.g., as below:

>(defpackage "TEST"
  (:use)
  (:import-from "LISP" "CAR" "CDR" "CONSP"))

#<"TEST" package>

>(in-package "TEST")

#<"TEST" package>

TEST>(consp 3)

LISP:NIL


Thanks!
    Jared