Andreas Hinze said:
> Thanks for the example. > This is so clever that i'm not shure that i got it. What i think is: > > (write-line "(setq *my-data* #.*my-data*)" stream) > > is read by the compiler and due to the '#.' the second *my-data* is > replaced by the value of *mydata* in the environment before the compiler > dumps out the form. That's why a make-load-form method must exist for > all contained data (so compiler knows how to dump it). > > Is this right ? Yes, this is what happens. BTW the line should probably read (write-line "(setq *my-data* '#.*my-data*)" stream) so that it also works when *my-data* is bound to a list or a symbol, which aren't self-evaluating. Regs, Pierre. -- Pierre R. Mai <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.pmsf.de/pmai/ The most likely way for the world to be destroyed, most experts agree, is by accident. That's where we come in; we're computer professionals. We cause accidents. -- Nathaniel Borenstein
