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!newsfeed.freenet.de!feed.news.nacamar.de!newsfeed.vmunix.org!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: keyword problems Date: 27 Nov 2002 14:10:50 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 12 Message-ID: <3247395050163759@naggum.no> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1038406250 16721 129.240.65.5 (27 Nov 2002 14:10:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 27 Nov 2002 14:10:50 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:47657 * "Charlie" | Please help this dumb newbie out! You have to specify all optional positional arguments before the keyword arguments can be processed. Otherwise, the keyword itself (which is an actual argument) will /be/ the optional argument. -- 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.