[clisp-list] Re: Making special variables no longer special?

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

> * Raymond Toy <enlzbaq.gbl@revpffba.pbz> [2005-11-08 09:37:03 -0500]:
>
> Is it possible to make a special variable no longer special in clisp,
> via some internal function?  This happens a lot in maxima where maxima
> declares a symbol as special, and later on in the same file, maxima
> wants to make that symbol no longer special.  I guess the intent is
> that the variable is special only for the file, not for all of maxima.

not really, although there is a work-around:
<http://clisp.cons.org/impnotes/eval-comp.html#spec-decl>

what do other implementations do?
(proclaim '((not special) variable)) ?

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