From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!howland.erols.net!news-feed.ifi.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: READ-DELIMITED-FORM Date: 05 Sep 2002 09:20:49 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 13 Message-ID: <3240206449214856@naggum.no> References: <3240164830618395@naggum.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1031217649 1176 129.240.64.16 (5 Sep 2002 09:20:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 5 Sep 2002 09:20:49 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:39684 * Tim Bradshaw | Can you explain why? You leave the whitespace to (peek-char t) and the first character you look at will necessarily have to be a macro character or a constituent character. The reader algorithm is clearly described in both the standard and CLtL2. There is no need to reinvent any of this by circumvention. -- 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.