From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: type: (or something nil) Date: 1998/03/06 Message-ID: <3098199298906753@naggum.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 331473900 References: mail-copies-to: never Organization: Naggum Software; +47 8800 8879; http://www.naggum.no Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * Sam Steingold | 1. Is this desire politically correct? well, you wouldn't get a complaint from me. that's why NIL is there. | 2. If it is, there should be a way to declare the variable's type. | How do I do that? (or null) note that this won't buy you anything. you need to declare the type of the object _after_ you have determined that it is not NIL to get any performance benefits from the declarations. | Also, do I understand correctly that my ANSI CL proposal about | (define-format-command #\= (lambda (stream obj atp colp &rest pars))) | is dead? looks like it. #:Erik -- God grant me serenity to accept the code I cannot change, courage to change the code I can, and wisdom to know the difference.