[Ecls-list] "Unknown type &OPTIONAL. Assuming it is T."

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 6:15 PM, Tobias C. Rittweiler <tcr at freebits.de> wrote:
> (defun %guess-sort-duration (length)
>  (if (zerop length)
>      0
>      (let ((comparasions (* 3.8 (* length (log length 2)))))
>        (* 1000 (* comparasions (expt 10 -7))))))
>
> ;;; Compiling /tmp/frob.lisp.
> ;;; OPTIMIZE levels: Safety=3, Space=0, Speed=1, Debug=3
> ;;; Compiling (DEFUN %GUESS-SORT-DURATION ...).
> ;;; Warning: in file /tmp/frob.lisp, position 0, and form
> ;;;   (FSET '%GUESS-SORT-DURATION #'(LAMBDA-BLOCK %GUESS-SORT-DURATION # ...))
> ;;; Unknown type &OPTIONAL. Assuming it is T.
> ;;; End of Pass 1.
> ;;; Emitting code for %GUESS-SORT-DURATION.
> ;;; Note: Invoking external command:
> ;;;   gcc "-I/home/tcr/software/ecl-git/include/"  -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -g -O2 -fPIC  -D_THREAD_SAFE -Dlinux  -w -c "/tmp/frob.c" -o "/tmp/frob.o"
> ;;; Note: Invoking external command:
> ;;;   gcc -o "/tmp/frob.fas" -L"/home/tcr/software/ecl-git/lib/" "/tmp/frob.o"   -shared    -lecl  -lgmp -lpthread -ldl  -lm
> ;;; Finished compiling /tmp/frob.lisp.
>

I believe similar warnings exist with VALUES.

-- Gaby