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Structure sharing
- To: NGALL@BBNG.ARPA
- Subject: Structure sharing
- From: "Scott E. Fahlman" <Fahlman@C.CS.CMU.EDU>
- Date: Thu, 19 Jun 1986 03:35:00 -0000
- Cc: common-lisp@SU-AI.ARPA
- In-reply-to: Msg of 18 Jun 1986 23:08-EDT from NGALL at G.BBN.COM
- Sender: FAHLMAN@C.CS.CMU.EDU
Page 168:
"It is an extremely bad idea to modify a string being used as the print
name of a symbol. Such a modification may tremendously confuse the
function READ and the package system."