Re: assert / check-type / assure...

2013-09-22 Thread Gail Zacharias
ccl has a function (not a macro) called require-type, as in (1+ (require-type x 'number)). Very useful indeed. On Sun, Sep 22, 2013 at 9:53 AM, Pascal Costanza wrote: > Hi, > > It seems to me that ASSERT and CHECK-TYPE are not as convenient as they > could be. In particular, ISLISP seems to

Re: [pro] Declarations in compilers (feedback welcome)

2011-12-29 Thread Gail Zacharias
Using declarations vs using THE is often a stylistic consideration, and while you may be able to get ECL-only users to accept your additional semantics, you might have trouble getting maintainers of portable libraries to observe this arbitrary distinction. Why not let SPEED into the mix? E.g. if

Re: [pro] How to interact with a running lisp instance?

2010-12-17 Thread Gail Zacharias
On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Michael Bentley wrote: > > How to interact with a running lisp instance? I have been trying to figure > this out. I know this is being done with slime. Does any one have any good > pointer on this. I am thinking of writing a web application and would like > to