Excellent question. FYI, due to prodding by yours truly, and kudos to them, Lispworks has re-introduced the API in 6.x.
Cheers MA On Dec 14, 2012, at 10:06 , Jean-Claude Beaudoin <jean.claude.beaud...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear all, > > I am currently implementing the environments interface described > in section 8.5 of CLTL2 (pp. 207-214) for MKCL. It feels like a > very natural extension of what was already part of the code of the > Lisp-to-C compiler MKCL inherited. It feels so natural in fact > that I cannot figure out why that feature has been pulled out > of the final ANSI CL specification. [And I have a hell of time > standing all those (declare (ignore env)) sprinkled all over the > MKCL source code.] > > I think that some of you reading this list were there, part of > the action, during those standardization days. Maybe you could > shed some light on what was wrong with this part of the spec > and motivated its removal. > > Cheers, > > Jean-Claude Beaudoin > > _______________________________________________ > pro mailing list > pro@common-lisp.net > http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro -- Marco Antoniotti, Associate Professor tel. +39 - 02 64 48 79 01 DISCo, Università Milano Bicocca U14 2043 http://bimib.disco.unimib.it Viale Sarca 336 I-20126 Milan (MI) ITALY Please note that I am not checking my Spam-box anymore. Please do not forward this email without asking me first. _______________________________________________ pro mailing list pro@common-lisp.net http://lists.common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro
