Re: GETF Speedup?

Ouch: you're right.  That makes my code technically unsafe.  And getf really is useful only for properties which are symbols

> On 13 Oct 2025, at 08:32, Devon Sean McCullough (as LispWorks at jovi dot net) <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> On 2025-10-12 11:07, Tim Bradshaw (as tfb at cley dot com) wrote:
>> Note that getf is very limited: it can only use eql tests.
> 
> GET, GETF, etc. use only EQ, never EQL.
> 
>        Peace
>            --Devon
> 
> P.S.  In CCL or SBCL
> (defvar k (1+ most-positive-fixnum))
> (defvar k* (1+ most-positive-fixnum))
> (let ((x '()))
>  (setf (getf x k) 'cd)
>  (list (getf x k) (getf x k*) (eq k k*) (eql k k*)))
> => (CD NIL NIL T)
> 
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