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Re: Question regarding FORMAT with ~:^
- To: common-lisp@sail.stanford.edu
- Subject: Re: Question regarding FORMAT with ~:^
- From: franz!akbar!layer@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Kevin Layer)
- Date: Tue, 10 Nov 87 15:26:53 PST
>> I have a question regarding the correct behavior of FORMAT. Please
>> open up your CLtL books to page 406 and tell me what the following
>> construct should return:
>>
>> (format nil "~:{~@?~:^...~}" '(("a") ("b")))
>>
Franz's Allegro Common Lisp returns "a", which we feel is the correct
answer.
Kevin Layer