[slime-devel] Re: (string= "(function . (cons))" "(function cons)") ==> nil

[Andras Simon]

On Wed, 10 Mar 2004, Helmut Eller wrote:

> Michael Livshin <usenet at cmm.kakpryg.net> writes:
>
> > I'm lacking those too, but I found the culprit: I have *PRINT-CIRCLE*
> > set to T in my ~/.cmucl-init.lisp.
> >
> > so perhaps you just want to bind it to NIL inside #'PRINT-ARGLIST.
>
> Yes that helps.  Thanks for the tip.  But I still don't understand why
> it is needed.

How about using with-standard-io-syntax instead of binding printer control
variables one by one?

Andras