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  > > Does `make-record' check that the specified record type is defined?

  > No, `make-record` doesn't even really know what is a type.

Not checking the type name for validity is asking for trouble.

Perhaps some programs make a lot of records and need the extra speed
of a low-level primitive that doesn't check the validity.  But surely
most programs that use records won't spend much of their time creating
records.  In those programs, a function that does validate the type
would cause no visible slowdown.

So how about making 'make-record' validate the type,
and having another function 'make-record-fast' which doesn't validate?
I think this gets the best of both worlds.

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