Subject: #D From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no> Date: 1996/05/20 Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3041581537628095@arcana.naggum.no> Scheme has #D for decimal. I have found this useful. a simple way to obtain this in CMUCL follows, but I wonder whether it will find its way into the language, and also why it isn't if it was decided against. (in-package :common-lisp) (defun sharp-D (stream sub-char numarg) (ignore-numarg sub-char numarg) (sharp-r stream sub-char 10)) (set-dispatch-macro-character #\# #\D #'sharp-d)