[slime-devel] Re: requiring swank after loading slime gives a type error in sbcl-1.0.14

[Michael Weber]

On Feb 16, 2008, at 14:38 , Luis Oliveira wrote:

> Matthew D.Swank <akopa.gmane.poster at gmail.com> writes:
>>> debugger invoked on a SIMPLE-TYPE-ERROR: *PACKAGE* can't be a  
>>> deleted package:
>>> *PACKAGE* has been reset to #<PACKAGE "COMMON-LISP-USER">.
> [...]
>> I am a little surprised that no one else reported a problem.
>
> See <http://article.gmane.org/gmane.lisp.slime.devel/7039>.

No offense, but several people have warned before and after this  
change that deleting packages behind the user's back is not such a  
great idea.  Perhaps this patch could be reverted until someone  
figures out a better solution?

My two cents.


Michael