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From: Erik Naggum <clerik@naggum.no>
Subject: Re: eof in Common Lisp
Date: 1998/03/07
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* wanker@exploited.barmy.army
| From what I read, to detect eof in lisp when using read, one uses the
| keyword parameters like eof-error-p and eof-value.
  ^^^^^^^
  where did you read that?

| Would someone be kind enough to provide me with an example of how to use
| this feature properly?

  try (KERNEL:%FUNCTION-ARGLIST #'READ) in CMUCL, check the HyperSpec or
  look more close in whatever textbook you're using.

  note that even if EOF-ERROR-P is false, an error is caused if RECURSIVE-P
  is true, i.e., the EOF-VALUE argument is returned only if the end of file
  occurs at top-level.

  if you want to be certain that you do not detect end of file prematurely,
  pass a guaranteed unique value as EOF-VALUE, such as a fresh, uninterned
  symbol, a fresh cons cell, or somesuch.

#:Erik
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