Re: package symbol vs string

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> Since this has gone rather quiet -- and the number of votes for outways the 
> number of votes against -- I will commit the changes unless somebody wants 
> to veto this.

I will not veto this :)  But I want a comment in the code stating that

"The use of keyword and uninterced symbol names symbol names in the
package definition is a result of internecine wars during the ANSI
definition process. The solution to make CL case insensitive and
uppercasing was, with the power of hindsight, shot-sighted, and the
non backward compatible solution provided by Franz Inc. proves to be a
poor patch all in all."

Add all the smileys you need :)

Cheers

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