Re: [Sbcl-devel] Current column of a print stream

[Christophe R. <cs...@ca...>]

Donna and Dan Stanger <dan...@ie...> writes:

> Is there a function that returns the current column a print stream?
> That is, how many characters have been written since the last newline or
> CR?

If you actually need this (rather than being able to rewrite code
around it), I would suggest defining a Gray stream for your output and
a suitable method for STREAM-LINE-COLUMN.  I think that all Common
Lisps these days support Gray streams.

Cheers,

Christophe