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*handle-old-in-package* 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*


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