>
>
> It is generally admited that in Boot (whether old or new) an
> identifier written in all uppercase is passed unmodified in the
> generated Lisp code (except for T). Right?
>
> Well, Old Boot says "Wrong!". Some of the all-uppercase identifiers
> are renamed into case-sensitive uppercase, or renamed to some
> something else. Here is a short list I have:
>
> ASSOC --> |assoc|
> DELETE --> |delete|
> GET --> GETL
> INTERSECTION --> |intersection|
> LAST --> |last|
> MEMBER --> |member|
> RASSOC --> |rassoc|
> READ --> VMREAD
> READ-LINE --> |read-line|
> REDUCE --> SPADREDUCE
> REMOVE --> |remove
>
I would prefer to eliminate all renaming at boot/shoe level. Instead,
I would just define needed functions at Lisp level (partially in the
style of unlisp.lisp.pamphlet, but also using compiler macros for
efficiency). Also, I consider using all-lowercase Lisp (making
a package "common-lisp" beeing a lowercase version of "COMMON-LISP",
and setting *readtable-case* to preserve).
--
Waldek Hebisch
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