Re: a symbol instead of a keyword

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

> * Bruno Haible <oe...@py...t> [2004-07-27 22:55:19 +0200]:
>
> Sam asked:
>> > -    :signature #s(compiler::signature :req-num 2 :rest-p t)))
>> > +    'signature #s(compiler::signature :req-num 2 :rest-p t)))
>>
>> why use a symbol instead of a keyword ?
>
> See also the ANSI CL issue CONDITION-SLOTS:HIDDEN.

are you saying that all the other slots are `public'?

also, how is
   (eval
     `#'(LAMBDA (#:SELF)
          (DECLARE (COMPILE))
          ...))

better than

    (compile nil `(lambda (...) ...))

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