Re: missing methods

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Hi

This is a funny PBCAK :) :) :)

In general, I tend to use #| ... |# when commenting stuff out.  The fact
that CL balances these comments out is a boon.

Cheers

Marco



On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 9:43=E2=80=AFPM Christopher Stacy <[email protected]> =
wrote:

>
> On 4/3/26 9:23 PM, Stas Boukarev wrote:
> > But now you have more comments to comment out.
>
> Well, except for the comments, I commented everything but the in-package
> and the secretly-quoted form, and still didn't get it! If I had
> commented out the comments, it would have dawned on me quicker. OMG
> something is wrong with the COMMENTS? (The compiler must REALLY be
> broken! LOL)
>
> Seriously though, we should have a commenting tool that follows some
> (customizable) pattern for commenting out code. And it should have
> levels. A lot like how email messages do quoting.  m-x
> undo-commented-code. With arg, prompts for a commenting tag so you can
> have multiple levels of commented code. Sort of a whole little version
> branching system based on comments!  c-u show-me-what-the-code-would
> look-like-for-tags. Think of it as a debugging tool related to literate
> coding maybe.
>
> I am not actually kidding.
>
> Also, a linting tool that does a pass using the source code as a string
> (stream) so it can look for hinky things like this that READ would skip
> over. (Or would QUOTED-TOPLEVEL=3DFORM in.a walker be better?). What othe=
r
> text errors are there, which are perfectly good Lisp? Maybe suspicious
> #||#s or something....what else?
>
>
>
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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div>Hi</div><div><br></div><div>This is a funny=C2=A0PBCA=
K :) :) :)<br><br></div><div>In general, I tend to use <span style=3D"font-=
family:monospace">#| ... |#</span> when commenting stuff out.=C2=A0 The fac=
t that CL balances these comments=C2=A0out is a boon.</div><div><br></div><=
div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>Marco</div><div><br></div><div><br></di=
v></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir=3D"lt=
r" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Apr 3, 2026 at 9:43=E2=80=AFPM Christopher =
Stacy &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:=
<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8=
ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><br>
On 4/3/26 9:23 PM, Stas Boukarev wrote:<br>
&gt; But now you have more comments to comment out.<br>
<br>
Well, except for the comments, I commented everything but the in-package <b=
r>
and the secretly-quoted form, and still didn&#39;t get it! If I had <br>
commented out the comments, it would have dawned on me quicker. OMG <br>
something is wrong with the COMMENTS? (The compiler must REALLY be <br>
broken! LOL)<br>
<br>
Seriously though, we should have a commenting tool that follows some <br>
(customizable) pattern for commenting out code. And it should have <br>
levels. A lot like how email messages do quoting.=C2=A0 m-x <br>
undo-commented-code. With arg, prompts for a commenting tag so you can <br>
have multiple levels of commented code. Sort of a whole little version <br>
branching system based on comments!=C2=A0 c-u show-me-what-the-code-would <=
br>
look-like-for-tags. Think of it as a debugging tool related to literate <br=
>
coding maybe.<br>
<br>
I am not actually kidding.<br>
<br>
Also, a linting tool that does a pass using the source code as a string <br=
>
(stream) so it can look for hinky things like this that READ would skip <br=
>
over. (Or would QUOTED-TOPLEVEL=3DFORM in.a walker be better?). What other =
<br>
text errors are there, which are perfectly good Lisp? Maybe suspicious <br>
#||#s or something....what else?<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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gnature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><div><span style=3D"font-family:monospace">Marco Antoniotti,=
 Professor, Director =C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 tel. +39 - =
02 64 48 79 01<br>DISCo, University of Milan-Bicocca U14 2043=C2=A0=C2=A0 <=
a href=3D"http://dcb.disco.unimib.it" target=3D"_blank">http://dcb.disco.un=
imib.it</a><br>Viale Sarca 336<br>I-20126 Milan (MI) ITALY<br><br></span></=
div><span style=3D"font-family:monospace">REGAINS: <a href=3D"https://regai=
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