Re: [ clisp-Bugs-581646 ] required uses string-equal

[Sam S. <sd...@gn...>]

> * In message <m21...@be...>
> * On the subject of "Re: [ clisp-Bugs-581646 ] required uses string-equal"
> * Sent on 15 Jul 2002 16:56:00 +0200
> * Honorable Marco Baringer <em...@be...> writes:
>
> Sam Steingold <sd...@gn...> writes:
> 
> > the reason is historical - long ago CLISP was cross-compilable.  (this
> > is no longer either needed or supported, even though the legacy code in
> > compiler.lisp is still preserved.  Only Bruno can comment firther).
> > 
> > without it, require will depend on the current setting of
> > *default-pathname-defaults*, which is probably undesirable.
> 
> ChangeLog:
> 
> 2002-07-15  Marco Baringer <em...@be...>
> 	* defs.lisp (require): [clisp-Bugs-581646] should use string=
>         and not string-equal. declare optional arg PATHNAME's default
>         in lambda list.

this will break using symbols as module names.
you must also modify c-REQUIRE in compiler.lisp.
see the patch I committed today.

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