> On 13 Jul 2024, at 11:49, Marco Antoniotti <marco.antonio...@unimib.it> wrote: > > Hi > > Thanks for the writeup. Apologies for the CDR-DISCUSS mishaps. > > I am one of the major polluters of the packages' namespace as I happily abuse > :nicknames. > > I perused the specification, I like it and I agree with the comments, but I > think there is an extra useful bit that is missing. I would like to be able > to write > > (in-package "A-VERY-LONG-AND-HAIRY-PACKAGE-NICKNAME" ; This may even be a > 'global nickname'! > :as "HAIRY-PKG" ; The 'local nickname'. > ) > > It seems quite natural to me. Did I miss something?
How is this useful, since once you’re in a package, you access its symbols directly without qualification? How would use use HAIRY-PKG and why? -- __Pascal Bourguignon__
