Sorry. I was so caught up colorizing that I messed it up. I meant USE-PACKAGE
Marco Antoniotti https://dcb.disco.unimib.it On Sat, 13 Jul 2024 at 16:47, Pascal Bourguignon <p...@informatimago.com> wrote: > > > 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__ > > >
