Subject: Re: Introspection for function
From: rpw3@rpw3.org (Rob Warnock)
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 20:12:18 -0500
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <9vSdnaurtP9vtXTUnZ2dnUVZ_g5i4p2d@speakeasy.net>
Marco Antoniotti  <marcoxa@gmail.com> wrote:
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| Allegro does it right (as well as other implementations).
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Most implementations at least get DESCRIBE right, if all the OP
wanted was args, types, and doumentation string.

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| If there is one simple starting point from which to improve the
| standard, that is the swatting away of most of (all?!?) the
| "implementation dependent" locutions.  At least some other people on
| the ilc09.scheming.org fora seem to agree with it.
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Note: "ilc09.scheming.org" just gets Anton's consulting business's
home page. One needs to use "ilc2009.scheming.org" to get to the forum.

[Thus illustrating once again the evils of DNS wildcards!! ;-} ;-} ]


-Rob

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