[ clisp-Bugs-3525509 ] CLISP treats CL:REQUIRE specially at compile time

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Bugs item #3525509, was opened at 2012-05-10 05:48
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Category: clisp
Group: lisp error
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Zach Beane (xach)
Assigned to: Bruno Haible (haible)
Summary: CLISP treats CL:REQUIRE specially at compile time

Initial Comment:
I have a file "test.lisp" that contains only this:

  (require 'bogus)

When I start "clisp -ansi -norc" and issue (compile-file "test.lisp"), I get this:

    [1]> (compile-file "test.lisp")
    ;; Compiling file /home/xach/test.lisp ...
    *** - LOAD: A file with name BOGUS does not exist
    The following restarts are available:
    ABORT          :R1      Abort main loop
    Break 1 [2]> :bt
    <1/574> #<SYSTEM-FUNCTION SHOW-STACK> 3
    <2/567> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::PRINT-BACKTRACE>
    <3/561> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::DEBUG-BACKTRACE>
    <4/552> #<SYSTEM-FUNCTION SYSTEM::READ-EVAL-PRINT> 2
    <5/549> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::BREAK-LOOP-2-3>
    <6/545> #<SYSTEM-FUNCTION SYSTEM::SAME-ENV-AS> 2
    <7/531> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::BREAK-LOOP-2>
    <8/529> #<SYSTEM-FUNCTION SYSTEM::DRIVER>
    <9/489> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::BREAK-LOOP>
    <10/486> #<SYSTEM-FUNCTION INVOKE-DEBUGGER> 1
    <11/481> #<SYSTEM-FUNCTION SYSTEM::ERROR-OF-TYPE>
    <12/457> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION LOAD>
    <13/443> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::SIMPLE-REQUIRE>
    <14/438> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION REQUIRE>
    <15/430> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::LOAD-OR-COMPILE>
    <16/425> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-REQUIRE>
    [422] EVAL frame for form (SYSTEM::C-REQUIRE 'BOGUS)
    <17/419> #<SPECIAL-OPERATOR PROGN>
    [418] EVAL frame for form (PROGN (SYSTEM::C-REQUIRE 'BOGUS))
    <18/410> #<SYSTEM-FUNCTION EVAL>
    <19/408> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-EVAL-AND-WRITE-LIB>
    [406] EVAL frame for form (SYSTEM::C-EVAL-AND-WRITE-LIB '(PROGN (SYSTEM::C-REQUIRE 'BOGUS)))
    <20/403> #<SPECIAL-OPERATOR PROGN>
    [402] EVAL frame for form (PROGN (SYSTEM::C-EVAL-AND-WRITE-LIB '(PROGN (SYSTEM::C-REQUIRE 'BOGUS))))
    <21/394> #<SYSTEM-FUNCTION EVAL>
    <22/387> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-EVAL-WHEN>
    <23/365> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-FORM>
    <24/343> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-FORM>
    <25/340> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-GLOBAL-FUNCTION-CALL>
    <26/319> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-FORM>
    <27/315> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-PROGN>
    <28/294> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-FORM>
    <29/207> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::C-LAMBDABODY>
    <30/198> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::COMPILE-LAMBDABODY>
    <31/186> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION SYSTEM::COMPILE-TOPLEVEL-FORM>
    <32/42> #<COMPILED-FUNCTION COMPILE-FILE>
    [34] EVAL frame for form (COMPILE-FILE "test.lisp")
    Printed 32 frames

I am using 64-bit Linux. I get this error with CLISP 2.49 and CLISP from Mercurial.

Since REQUIRE is a function, I expected the error at runtime (when loading the file or its fasl), not at compile-time.

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