[Ecls-list] FIND-SYMBOL allows both SYMBOL and STRING

[Matthew Mondor]

Hello,

I noticed that on ECL, FIND-SYMBOL allows symbols to be passed when the
HyperSpec shows that the expected argument for the symbol to look for
is a string.  The HyperSpec however lists no exceptional situations,
but SBCL will assert that the argument is not a string.

Is it voluntarily that ECL's FIND-SYMBOL is more liberal, also allowing
symbols?  Or is it an unanticipated side effect where ecl_find_symbol()
should be more liberal, yet find_symbol() lacks an assertion?

INTERN however errors if a symbol is passed rather than a string,
although it also delegates directly to ecl_intern().

Thanks,
-- 
Matt