> * Didier Verna <qvq...@yeqr.rcvgn.se> [2011-01-25 18:05:11 +0100]: > > I'm aware of the ~// construct, which I find extremely cumbersome. > It seems to me that the package handling part, > specifically, makes it totally unusable. exactly.
> Does anybody actually use it? yes. > WDYT? Does something like that already exists[2]? clisp has "~!" http://clisp.sourceforge.net/impnotes/print-formatted.html The additional FORMAT instruction ~! is similar to ~/, but avoids putting a function name into a string, thus, you might not need to specify the package explicitly. (FORMAT stream "~arguments!" function object) is equivalent to (FUNCALL function stream object colon-modifier-p atsign-modifier-p arguments) -- Sam Steingold (http://sds.podval.org/) on CentOS release 5.3 (Final) http://camera.org http://ffii.org http://truepeace.org http://dhimmi.com http://honestreporting.com http://memri.org http://jihadwatch.org PI seconds is a nanocentury _______________________________________________ pro mailing list pro@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro
