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*terminal-io* or *standard-output*?
- To: common-lisp@sail.arpa
- Subject: *terminal-io* or *standard-output*?
- From: Don Morrison <dfm@JASPER.PALLADIAN.COM>
- Date: Fri, 30 Jan 87 16:19 EST
- Reply-to: Don Morrison <DFM%JASPER@LIVE-OAK.LCS.MIT.EDU>
CLtL, page 382, refering to the output-stream argument for write and friends:
"If it is t, the value of the variable *terminal-io* is used."
Page 386, referring to format:
"If destination is t, the output is sent to the stream that is the value of the
variable *standard-output*"
Is this asymmetry intentional, and if so, why?
- Ben Hyde
Don Morrison