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Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: metalex change


From: Gabriel Dos Reis
Subject: Re: [Axiom-developer] Re: metalex change
Date: 09 Aug 2007 15:46:56 -0500

Stephen Wilson <address@hidden> writes:

| Stephen Wilson <address@hidden> writes:
| 
| > Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:
| > > Also, if the function expects strings, we should give it a string.
| > 
| > Although not documented as such, it is likely that
| > system:string-concatenate is designed to take string designators as
| > arguments instead of `just' strings.  This is a fairly common Lisp
| > idiom, so I do not see a problem.  Perhaps a close look at the gcl
| > code and a patch against the documentation in si-defs.texi is in
| > order.
| 
| Of course, that being said, it is a stylistic choice as to what
| designator one uses.  In this case I would probably use a string
| myself as opposed to a symbol.

and that would be give a correct program too :-)

Try this with SBCL:

        (concatenate 'string "foo 'bar) 


-- Gaby




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