Chisheng Huang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "Paul Werkowski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> | lisp -quiet -noinit -nositeinit -eval '(progn (load "zz") (babu::hello) >> (quit))' >> | you get an error: >> | [...] >> | What did I do wrong? >> | >> >> Your expectations, I think. >> >> At the time the reader handles the progn form, it is in the cl-user package >> and the babu package is not yet defined. > > How do you explain this one? > > lisp -quiet -noinit -nositeinit -eval '(progn (load "zz") (print > (find-package :babu)) (quit))' > > It does not complain the babu package is not there.
Well, think about Paul's explanation: at the time the reader handles /this/ progn form, it only needs to read symbols for which packages exist. Your original form contains a symbol which presumably has a package defined in the "zz" file, but at the time that the reader acts, the evaluator has not executed any of the forms. Cheers, Christophe
