Kaz Kylheku <kkylheku@gmail.com> wrote:
+---------------
| Ron Garret wrote:
| > (#'(setf car) x 1)
| 
| That would be wrong even if there was a (SETF CAR) function, since
| (FUNCTION ...) isn't a function name. No evaluation takes place in the
| leftmost position, so the FUNCTION operator cannot do its job.
+---------------

And (FUNCALL #'(SETF CAR) X 1) would be wrong, since the order of
args is incorrect for the (SETF CAR) function:

    > (funcall #'(setf car) x 1)

    Type-error in KERNEL::OBJECT-NOT-LIST-ERROR-HANDLER: 1 is not of type LIST
    ...
    > 

But with the right arg order, it should work:

    > x

    (12 . 34)
    > (funcall #'(setf car) 1 x)

    1
    > x

    (1 . 34)
    > 


-Rob

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