[clisp-list] Re: RFE: restart for LOAD to skip this form

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

> * Hoehle, Joerg-Cyril <Wbret-Plevy.Ubruyr@g-flfgrzf.pbz> [2004-10-14 09:56:49 +0200]:
>
> did you ever wish for LOAD not to abort upon encountering the first
> error while loading the file? To continue processign the remaining
> forms in the file instead?
>
> Since both .lisp and .fas files are a successions of sexp [(loop (eval
> (read))], there could be a SKIP restart instead of solely the ABORT
> one, so as to be able to continue with the next form in the file.

I think this would require a RESTART-BIND around evaluating every single
form which, unless done by hand with load-time evaluation or something,
would be a performance killer.

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