From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!news.teledanmark.no!uninett.no!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Legal ANSI comment form? Date: 24 Aug 2002 04:28:13 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 14 Message-ID: <3239152093978834@naggum.no> References: <3D655868.BFE4C243@cs.cmu.edu> <4k7miv7mn.fsf@beta.franz.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1030163294 4209 129.240.64.16 (24 Aug 2002 04:28:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Aug 2002 04:28:14 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:38653 * Christopher C. Stacy | How about just testing *FEATURES* in the SYSDCL (whatever your | implementation does for that) to make sure that :IGNORE isn't there? | You won't compile or load on platforms that have defined that feature, | but at least there will be no mystery. How about testing for something you know is there, instead? That way, you are actually always safe. -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.