Re: Scope of (in-package) - Naggum cll archive

Subject: Re: Scope of (in-package)
From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.no>
Date: 28 Sep 2002 22:40:19 +0000
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Message-ID: <3242241619042048@naggum.no>

* Henrik Motakef
| Could someone please explain (or tell me where to click in the Hyperspec)
| the exact semantics of (in-package "foo"), especially the "scope" of this
| declaration?

  Have you looked at the entry for `*package*´ and followed the links out of
  that page?

| It looks like it binds *package* until the next (in-package ...)  or the end
| of the currently loaded file occurs, and that the current value of *package*
| gets passed to (load)ed files, but won't be affected by (in-package) forms
| in those files.  Is this correct?  Where can I find more information?

  I think you are telling me that you do not quite understand the nature of
  special variables and dynamic bindings.  Therefore, you should read the
  first 5 chapters of the standard (HyperSpec) or the first several chapters
  of CLtL 2 which explains this very well.

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