> Bob Koutsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am rather new to lisp, I'm still learning the basics
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Edi Weitz writes:
>
> You might want to place something like
>
> (eval-when (:compile-toplevel :execute :load-toplevel)
> (proclaim '(optimize (speed 3)
> (safety 0)
> (space 0)
> (debug 0)
> (compilation-speed 0))))
>
> at the top of your file (after you've debugged your code). If you do
> that CMUCL will help you with lots of hints about why it can't
> optimize certain forms and what you can do to help it.
IMO this is terrible advice for a newbie. *Never* turn safety down
below 1 unless you know what you're doing, and then only in local
declarations, never at the toplevel. With safety=0 you *will* get
incorrect behavior if you screw up, and presumably if you wanted that,
you'd be using a language like C.
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