Re: [cl-debian] Bug#357238: cl-asdf: Package errors on system reload

Marco Baringer <[email protected]> writes:

> load makes no guarantees about the value of *package* (only that it is
> rebound). i have had situations in my code were (in-package :bar)
> failed because *package* didn't use :common-lisp, i was doing some
> really weird stuff, but still.

To be exact, CLHS 3.2.4.4.1.b has it:

 "If the first non-atomic top level form in the file is not an
 IN-PACKAGE form, then the current package at the time LOAD is called
 must be a package with the same name as the package that was the
 current package at the time COMPILE-FILE was called."

Cheers,

  -- Nikodemus              Schemer: "Buddha is small, clean, and serious."
                   Lispnik: "Buddha is big, has hairy armpits, and laughs."



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