<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi<div><br></div><div>I have the following problem (here below in CCL and LW)</div><div><br></div><div>CCL:</div><div><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Courier New'">marcoxa$ ccl<br>AM I BEING LOADED?<br>Welcome to Clozure Common Lisp Version 1.5-r13651 (DarwinX8632)!<br>? (ignore-errors (read))<br>foo::bar</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Courier New'"><br>NIL<br>#<CCL::SIMPLE-READER-ERROR #xC48489E><br>? <br></font><br></div><div><br></div><div>LWM:</div><div><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Courier New'">CL-USER 1 > (ignore-errors (read))<br>foo:<br>NIL<br>#<CONDITIONS:PACKAGE-NOT-FOUND-READER 21BA3B93><br><br>CL-USER 2 > </font></div><div><br></div><div>Other Lisps behave similarly. I.e. they don't agree on the type of the error that they need to generate.</div><div><br></div><div>Now, this is a specific case for me: having a consistent <font class="Apple-style-span" face="'Courier New'">READER-ERROR-BECAUSE-THERE-IS-NO-SUCH-PACKAGE-THAT-THE-SYSTEM-KNOWS</font> error signaled would simplify some code writing.</div><div><br></div><div>Doesn't anybody think that it would be a good thing to have a CDR suggesting an agreed upon extension of the CL standard ERROR/CONDITION hierarchy?</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div><div apple-content-edited="true">Marco Antoniotti, Associate Professor<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>tel.<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>+39 - 02 64 48 79 01<br>DISCo, Università Milano Bicocca U14 2043<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><a href="http://bimib.disco.unimib.it">http://bimib.disco.unimib.it</a><br>Viale Sarca 336<br>I-20126 Milan (MI) ITALY<br><br>Please note that I am not checking my Spam-box anymore.<br>Please do not forward this email without asking me first.<br><br><br><br><br></div><br></div></body></html>