From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!ossa.telenet-ops.be!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader3.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: idle puzzle References: Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3226857767263484@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 18 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 21:22:31 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader3.kpnqwest.net 1017868951 193.71.199.50 (Wed, 03 Apr 2002 23:22:31 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 23:22:31 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:30978 * Dorai Sitaram | What is y? *print-base* appears to be an obvious candidate. | (Hope this isn't too easy. It took me a while to figure out what was | happening when I happened to use this identifier.) But this is a contraindication for *print-base*. I doubt that anyone would "happen to use" that particular variable. I am curious to see which other variables can have the effect you observed. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief. Post with compassion: http://home.chello.no/~xyzzy/kitten.jpg