[clisp-list] Re: -p argument getting lost

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

> * Don Cohen <qba...@vf...3-vap.pbz> [2006-05-22 08:49:27 -0700]:
>
> Sam Steingold writes:
>  > the idea behind this behavior is that MYPKG may be defined in start.lisp
>  > and if loading start.lisp fails, MYPKG cannot be assumed to exist.
> That makes some sense.  On the other hand, MYPKG might be defined
> before the previous saveinitmem.
then you can pass "-p" before "-i"

> In any case the unwind-protect version seems to make sense.

CL is not scheme.
in scheme a failed form prints an error and returns to the top level.
in lisp a failed form drops you into the debugger.
command line options are shortcuts to the REPL and behave accordingly.

> I suppose another possibility would be some way to change the global
> binding of *package* (or if you want to generalize, a way to change
> arbitrary other bindings of arbitrary special variables).  Is that now
> supported?

that's what -p does: (setq *package* (find-package arg))

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