Re: CL packages landed

[Gerd Möllmann]

Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:

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> CL packages are the wrong way to implement packages in Lisp.
> As I explained in a discussion two years ago, packages implemented
> using obarrays (or equivalent) don't work reliably.

I can't find your explanation.  Do you have a pointer?

> We have a much better basis for Lisp packages
> in the shorthands mechanism.  It only needs to be completed.

Can you point me to a full design?  I've read the Elisp info page and
the sources.