Re: [Axiom-developer] common-lisp and GCL-2.6.8pre *features*

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Sat, 11 Aug 2007, Stephen Wilson wrote:

| Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:
| 
| > Stephen Wilson <address@hidden> writes:
| > 
| > | Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:
| > | > >(member :common-lisp *features*)
| > | > 
| > | > NIL
| > | > 
| > | > >(member :gcl *features*)
| > | > 
| > | > (:GCL :AKCL :COMMON :KCL)
| > | > 
| > | > >#-:common-lisp foo
| > | > 
| > | > Error: The variable FOO is unbound.
| > | > Fast links are on: do (si::use-fast-links nil) for debugging
| > | > Error signalled by EVAL.
| > | > Broken at EVAL.  Type :H for Help.
| > | > 
| > | > 
| > | > 
| > | > 
| > | > I would have expected the system NOT to try to evaluate foo.
| > | 
| > | >From the hyperspec:
| > | 
| > |   #- is like #+ except that it skips the expression if the test succeeds; 
that is,
| > | 
| > |   #-test expression ==  #+(not test) expression
| > | 
| > | 
| > | In other words, "#-:common-lisp foo"  means "evaluate foo iff
| > | :common-lisp is not on *features*". 
      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

| > So, do you agree there is a bug in GCL here?
| 
| No.  :common-lisp is (as you pointed out for gcl-2.6.8pre) _not_ on
| *features*. 

Hey, you said in the previous message

    In other words, "#-:common-lisp foo"  means "evaluate foo iff
    :common-lisp is not on *features*" 
                    ^^^

I tested that :common-lisp is NOT on *features*.  What am I missing?

-- Gaby