CLHS says: intern string &optional package => symbol, status Arguments and Values: string---a string. Win32 - (intern 'foo) raises an error. MacOS - (intern 'foo) ;=> Foo, :Internal Bug or feature? ===================== Joshua Taylor tayloj@rpi.edu
Joshua Taylor <joshuaaaron@gmail.com> writes: > Win32 - (intern 'foo) raises an error. > MacOS - (intern 'foo) ;=> Foo, :Internal > > > Bug or feature? I'd be inclined to call it a feature, though I once wrote a lot of incompatible code because I used a lisp that allowed symbols as parameters, I falsly assumed that the standard said the parameter should be a _string_designator_, not a string (which would, imho, have been a better choice). -- (espen)