[Ecls-list] cl_defparameter() question

[Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll]

Larry Clapp wrote:

>Juan Jose Garcia Ripoll said:
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>>Michael O'Connor wrote:
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>>>c_string_to_object() works - thanks! However I
>>>couldn't get cl_intern() to work, so this works:
>>>
>>>cl_defparameter(c_string_to_object("*test-var*"),
>>>                make_simple_string("test-value"));
>>>
>>>But this doesn't:
>>>
>>>cl_defparameter(cl_intern(1,
>>>                          make_simple_string("*test-var*")),
>>>                make_simple_string("test-value"));
>>>
>>or the same reason it does not work under Common-Lisp: you have not told
>>INTERN in which package it should put the symbol.
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>But that's an optional parameter.  (INTERN "foo") works.  Of course, you
>get |foo|, not FOO as you probably wanted.
>
>I bet it has more to do with the fact that c_string_to_object indirectly
>calls read_object on the string, which capitalizes it.
>  
>
Ok, that is also true. But even if you pass the capitalized string to 
INTERN, you have to make sure that the variable *PACKAGE* points to the 
right package. That is what I meant O:-)

Juanjo

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