Re: ANSI CL support
"Pascal J. Bourguignon" <[email protected]>
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Raymond Toy <[email protected]> writes: >>>>>> "Pascal" == Pascal J Bourguignon <[email protected]> writes: > > Pascal> Raymond Toy <[email protected]> writes: > >> A friend pointed this out to me: > >> > >> (apropos "-ANSI") -> > >> *COERCE-FIXNUM-CHAR-ANSI* variable > >> *FLOATING-POINT-CONTAGION-ANSI* variable > >> *FLOATING-POINT-RATIONAL-CONTAGION-ANSI* variable > >> *LOOP-ANSI* variable > >> *MERGE-PATHNAMES-ANSI* variable > >> *PARSE-NAMESTRING-ANSI* variable > >> *PHASE-ANSI* variable > >> *PRINT-EMPTY-ARRAYS-ANSI* variable > >> *PRINT-PATHNAMES-ANSI* variable > >> *PRINT-SPACE-CHAR-ANSI* variable > >> *PRINT-UNREADABLE-ANSI* variable > >> *SEQUENCE-COUNT-ANSI* variable > >> > >> The ANSI CL spec is now almost 20 years old and hasn't changed since > >> then. I didn't check to see what all of variables actually do, but > >> isn't it time to make these default to T? Or at least some of them? > > Pascal> Always run clisp with -ansi (for the case you also give -norc), > Pascal> and put (setf custom:*ansi* t) in ~/.clisprc.lisp > > Yes, my friend mentioned that to me as well. But that doesn't explain > why this is not the default. Does anyone really want a Common Lisp > implementation that isn't? I'd agree, IMO the default should be ANSI, if only for the unsuspecting newbies and other occasional users. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Shape the Mobile Experience: Free Subscription Software experts and developers: Be at the forefront of tech innovation. Intel(R) Software Adrenaline delivers strategic insight and game-changing conversations that shape the rapidly evolving mobile landscape. Sign up now. http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=63431311&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ clisp-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/clisp-devel