Howard R. Stearns <howard@elwood.com> wrote:
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| The specifications for CASE and TYPECASE both say:
| Each of the normal-clauses is then considered in turn. If the
| test-key [matches the key for that clause], the forms in that
| clause are evaluated as an implicit progn, and the values it returns
| are returned as the value of the [entire] form.
|
| Since (PROGN) => NIL, I would assume that when a clause with no forms
| is selected, NIL is returned from the entire CASE/TYPECASE form. I
| believe this interpretation is consistent with current practice, and
| what users expect.
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Interesting... It's certainly what CMUCL returns:
* (case 3 (4 'foo) (3) (t 'bar))
NIL
*
but not CLISP!!
> (case 3 (4 'foo) (3) (t 'bar))
T
>
[Well, CLISP "1996-04-17 (April 1996)". Maybe fixed by now...?]
-Rob
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