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Query about IN-PACKAGE
- To: Common-Lisp@su-ai.arpa
- Subject: Query about IN-PACKAGE
- From: AS%hp-labs.csnet@csnet-relay.arpa
- Date: Fri, 06 Jul 1984 20:49:00 -0000
- Cc: AS@csnet-relay.arpa
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If the statement (IN-PACKAGE "FOO") is executed in a context where the package
"FOO" exists but does not USE the "LISP" package, should the "LISP" package be
added to the use-list of the package "FOO"? A literal reading of the CL book
says YES. My intuition says NO. I had assumed that using IN-PACKAGE with one
argument is the recommended way to "enter" a package, but such usage assumes
no side-effects on the package itself. Am I misinterpreting the intent of
the definition?
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