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From: Vassil Nikolov on 8 Apr 2010 23:33

On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:14:33 -0700, Ron Garret <rNOSPAMon(a)flownet.com> said:
> ...
> (format nil "~A~A" :make name)

This resembles a keyword argument too strongly, and increases the
mental load of the programmer to recognize that it isn't one. At
the very least say

(format nil "~A~A" ':make name)

instead.

---Vassil.


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From: Pascal J. Bourguignon on 10 Apr 2010 06:08
Vassil Nikolov <vnikolov(a)pobox.com> writes:

> On Tue, 06 Apr 2010 08:14:33 -0700, Ron Garret <rNOSPAMon(a)flownet.com> said:
>> ...
>> (format nil "~A~A" :make name)
>
> This resembles a keyword argument too strongly, and increases the
> mental load of the programmer to recognize that it isn't one. At
> the very least say
>
> (format nil "~A~A" ':make name)
>
> instead.

(format nil "~A~A" 'name name) ; name is already interned...

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