In release 10.2.1: /home/pjb/src/ecl-10.2.1/build/cmp/cmplam.c:1761: error: invalid conversion from 'cl_lispunion* volatile' to 'cl_fixnum' We can remove the bad initialization, since V3 is assigned correctly on the following line. Same in cvs. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/