Re: [clisp-list] Package question (possible bug?)

[Nathan F. <fr...@ro...>]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 11:01:20AM -0500, Sam Steingold wrote:
> you might have more than 1 package starting with "red-".
> what happens when you hit TAB twice?
> (this is the same behavior as with bash - both use readline)

I don't have multiple packages that start with "red-".  Nothing happens
after hitting TAB twice.

> use `shadowing-import'.
> 
> `search' comes to TREES from COMMON-LISP.
> I will leave the details to comp.lang.lisp or Bruno, if he has time, but
> I suggest that you read CLHS on `defpackage', `shadow' and
> `package-shadowing-symbols'. 

Ugh. :)  It would seem to me that :SHADOW would do what you seem to
indicate :SHADOWING-IMPORT does... (I haven't read the CLHS yet)

> > 3) Not really a CLISP question; more a package question.  What does the
> > (:USE "COMMON-LISP") declaration do?  `htmlgen.cl' doesn't use it and it
> > works fine.
> 
> in most lisps, COMMON-LISP and LISP are the same, but in CLISP they are
> different (COMMON-LISP is for ANSI, LISP - for CLtL1), although, I hope,
> not for long.

But why the difference?  I think the `trees' package horks if the (:USE
"COMMON-LISP") is not present.  Not sure, though.

> > This is with CLISP 2000-03-09 (clisp --version), although the source
> > tarball untarred into the directory clisp-2000-09-02.
> 
> this is _strange_.  where did you get the tarball?!

From the nightly snapshot site.  Tarball clisp-2000-09-02.tgz.

> > As a side note, is the nightly snapshot site
> > (ftp://cellar.goems.com/pub/clisp/) down?  I can't seem to access it.
> 
> yes, it is dead, and, probably, for good.
> 
> I am investigating my options.
> If you have a linux box and can give me ssh access to it, it would be
> greatly appreciated...

I do, but I'm not sure if the connection speed would be up to snuff...
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