Evaluating (describe #'make-array) results in:
#<Function MAKE-ARRAY {10050D61}> is function. Arguments: (dimensions &key (element-type t) (initial-element nil initial-element-p) (initial-contents nil initial-contents-p) adjustable fill-pointer displaced-to displaced-index-offset) Function documentation: Creates an array of the specified Dimensions. See manual for details. Its declared argument types are: ((OR (MOD 536870911) CONS NULL) &KEY (:ELEMENT-TYPE (OR CONS SYMBOL INSTANCE)) (:INITIAL-ELEMENT T) (:INITIAL-CONTENTS T) (:ADJUSTABLE T) (:FILL-POINTER T) (:DISPLACED-TO (OR ARRAY NULL)) (:DISPLACED-INDEX-OFFSET (MOD 536870911))) Its result type is: ARRAY On Wednesday, 7/28/04 05:43:19 pm [+1] it was compiled from: target:code/array.lisp Created: Tuesday, 4/6/04 06:18:03 pm [+1] Comment: $Header: /project/cmucl/cvsroot/src/code/array.lisp,v 1.38 2004/04/06 17:18:03 emarsden Exp $ Regarding the :initial-element keyword, in one place it says (initial-element nil initial-element-p), meaning the default is nil; in another we have (:INITIAL-ELEMENT T), meaning the default is t; but evaluating, for instance, (make-array 10), the result is #(0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0) I suppose the standard leaves the default values up to the implementation, I guess, but I can't undertstand this apparent incoherence of distinct default values in several places in the same implementation (CMU-CL 19a). Cheers, Rodrigo Ventura -- *** Rodrigo Martins de Matos Ventura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *** Web page: http://www.isr.ist.utl.pt/~yoda *** Teaching Assistant and PhD Student at ISR: *** Instituto de Sistemas e Robotica, Polo de Lisboa *** Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, PORTUGAL *** PGP fingerprint = 0119 AD13 9EEE 264A 3F10 31D3 89B3 C6C4 60C6 4585