Variable

Summary

Controls the handling of CLtL1-style in-package forms.

Package

hcl

Initial value

:warn

Description

The variable *handle-old-in-package* controls what happens when a CLtL1-style in-package form is processed. This refers to the specification in Common Lisp the Language, first Edition, which preceded ANSI Common Lisp and specified in-package as a function with keyword arguments.

The allowed values are as follows:

:quiet

Quietly use the CLtL1 definition of the in-package function.

:warn

Signal a warning and use the old definition.

:error

Signal a continuable error.

See also

*handle-old-in-package-used-as-make-package*