Re: [Sbcl-devel] sbcl bug: wrong readable output for numbers

[Bruno H. <br...@cl...>]

Christophe Rhodes wrote:
> So the idea would be that no matter what changes between the print
> phase and the read,
>
>   (defvar *printed* (write-to-string foo :readably t))
>
>   [ ... a long time, but no mutation of FOO's aggregate structure or
>     contents ... ]
>
>   (defvar *read* (let ((*readtable* (copy-readtable nil)))
>                    (read-from-string *printed*)))
>   (similarp *read* foo) => true
>
> provided the names of packages referenced by FOO or its contents still
> designate packages (not necessarily the same ones, though)?

That's how I understand it, yes.

> Are there any other exceptions?

I don't see other "programmer requirements" in 3.2.4.2.2.

Bruno