Re: find-symbol on keywords package

(message (Hello 'Peter)
(you :wrote  :on '(Fri, 12 Nov 2004 04:49:35 -0800))
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 PG> On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 at 04:19:47 +0200, Randolph Udodenko wrote:
 >> (find-symbol "A" "") fails because it cannot find package named "".
 >> however, in clisp and ACL it works..

 PG> This behavior does not appear to be required by the standard, and it
 PG> doesn't work in the CLISP I have here

strange, in version 2.33.1 (find-package "") returned KEYWORD package..

 PG> slime does find the arglist correctly when I type "(:foo ".

it appears to be working with newer slime.

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(With-best-regards '(Alex Mizrahi) :aka 'killer_storm)
(prin1 "Jane dates only Lisp programmers"))

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