From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: keywords vs. quoted symbols Date: 1998/06/01 Message-ID: <3105725669175400@naggum.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 359109923 References: mail-copies-to: never Organization: Naggum Software; +47 8800 8879; http://www.naggum.no Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * David Bakhash | so after all this discussion, it's hard to believe that any function | defined in the `common-lisp' package would want to take a symbol. For | example, the function `concatenate': | | (concatenate 'string seq1 seq2) | | Why is this never an issue? because in this particular case, COMMON-LISP:STRING names the type of object CONCATENATE should build and return. a keyword would be inappropriate in naming types. #:Erik -- "Where do you want to go to jail today?" -- U.S. Department of Justice Windows 98 slogan