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This document describes how to alter (mark up or edit) your personal copy of CLTL2 (Common Lisp: The Language, Second Edition by Guy Steele) to note new information from the ANSI Common Lisp standard. No guarantees on the completeness or accuracy of the information provided is expressed or implied. Use at your own risk. A doctored CLTL2 is NOT the ANSI standard. In fact, this FAQ has many known but minor omissions that are too awkward to add with pencil to CLTL2. My purpose in providing this information is to help you improve a familiar book and common source of information on Common Lisp. For information on ANSI Common Lisp I recommend these two sources:
A third source used in the
preparation of this FAQ is Appendix A of the _Allegro CL User Guide, Version
4.3_, March 1996. This appendix is Franz's tally of the ANSI committee's votes.
Franz also distributes an alternate html version of the ANSI Common Lisp
Standard with the ACL 5.0 product. It covers the same material as the Hyperspec.
Send all comments, corrections, additions, complaints, etc. to john.watton@ieee.org.
Example of the notation used: p128,c2,ld4,lu7 translates to page 128, column 2,
go 4 lines down from top and go 7 lines up from bottom.
1) ANSI replaced function get-setf-method with get-setf-expansion. ANSI renamed
get-setf-method-multiple-value to get-setf-expansion. Note deletion:
p144,ld9-lu8 get-setf-method definition
Replace get-setf-[method -> expansion]:
p133,ld3
p135,ld2,ld18
p137,ld1,lu2
p142,ld18,lu3
p143,ld4,ld8
p145,ld2?,ld8?
p688,lu5
Replace get-setf-[method-multiple-value -> expansion]:
p145,ld3,ld4
2) ANSI deleted the functions variable-information, function-information,
declaration-information, augment-environment, parse-macro, and enclose as well
as the macro define-declaration. This
effectively deletes section "8.5 Environments:"
p207,ld16-p214,lu1
3) ANSI deleted functions applyhook and evalhook along with the variables *applyhook*
and *evalhook*. Note deletions:
p179,lu15
p203,ld11
p490,ld9
p490,lu7
p491,ld12-p493,lu1 the definitions
4) ANSI deleted generic-flet, generic-function, generic-labels and
with-added-methods. Note deletions:
p73, Table 5-1, lu4,lu3 (in table)
p216,lu12-lu9
p787,ld20-ld21
p787,lu15-p788,ld3 four small paragraphs
p788,lu19-lu18,lu14
p844,lu5-p846,lu1 generic-flet, generic-function, generic-labels definitions
p862,ld1-p863,ld8 with-added-methods definition
5) ANSI renamed define-setf-method to be define-setf-expander. Replace define-setf-[method
-> expander]:
p127,lu14
p128,ld6
p129,ld15,lu3
p131,ld8
p132,ld1,lu5
p133,ld8
p137,ld1
p141,lu6
p142,ld3,ld7,ld10,ld15,lu3
p143,ld5,lu15,lu10
p168,lu11,lu8
p216,ld1,ld15
p672,ld7
p688,lu11,lu8
p841,lu9
6) ANSI renamed special-form-p to special-operator-p. Replace special-[form ->
operator]-p:
p73,ld5
p119,ld18
p120,lu14,lu5,lu4
p121,ld1
p195,ld9
7) ANSI renamed simple-condition-format-string to
simple-condition-format-control along with the condition initialization keyword
:format-string to :format-control. Replace simple-condition-format-[string ->
control]:
p918,ld12,lu14,lu5
p919,ld1,lu3
Replace :format-[string -> control]:
p887,ld11,lu9
p888,ld11
p891,lu13,lu8
p912,ld18
p915,ld6
p918,ld11,lu15,lu6
p919,lu5
8) ANSI renamed base-character to be base-char. Replace base-[character ->
char]:
p26,lu3
p27,ld2,ld4,ld5,ld8
p33,lu5,lu4
p39,lu5,lu4
p49,lu10
p50,ld15
p61,lu2
p62,ld2
p371,lu1
p647,lu14,lu7
9) ANSI renamed extended-character to be extended-char. Replace
extended-[character -> char]:
p27,ld1
p39,lu4
p49,lu11
p50,ld15
p371,lu1
10) ANSI deprecated the functions set and gentemp. Make note on definitions:
p122,lu16 for set
p246,ld13 for gentemp
11) ANSI restored the module facility. It is now only deprecated. Make note on
section "11.8 Modules":
p277,ld12-ld17
12) ANSI specifies the constant array-total-size-limit to be a fixnum. An
argument to row-major-aref can therefore be declared as such. Note so at:
p446,lu3
13) ANSI added a :print-object keyword argument to defstruct. Add to the bottom
of p479:
:print-object
This option is like the existing :print-function one and takes a function as the
keyword's argument. This function takes only the first two arguments described
in :print-function. Only one of :print-object,
:print-function, or :type can be used.
14) ANSI extends setf to take a values expression as the first argument. CLTL2
notes that a proposal to do so was made. Note that it was accepted on
p129,ld18-ld23.
15) ANSI specifies many functions which must have proper lists (non-dotted
lists). Note that these functions must have proper lists:
p171 mapcar
p171 maplist
p171 mapc
p171 mapl
p171 mapcan
p171 mapcon
p242 get-properties
p418 append (note: ANSI allows nconc to take dotted lists)
p426 member
p426 member-if
p426 member-if-not
p427 adjoin
p428 union
p428 nunion
p429 intersection
p429 nintersection
p429 set-difference
p429 nset-difference
p430 set-exclusive-or
p430 nset-exclusive-or
p431 subsetp
16) ANSI supplies a new data type boolean with members t and nil. Note so on
bottom of p12 and p41. Add index entry:
"boolean type, 12,41"
to:
p983,c3,lu26
17) ANSI changed arguments to make-load-form and make-load-form-saving-slots.
Change p659,ld16 to:
make-load-form object &key :environment
[Generic Function]
and change p662,lu9 to:
make-load-form-saving-slots object &key :slots :environment [Function]
18) ANSI changed loop for/as - on end test from endp to atom:
p721,ld11
19) ANSI added IEEE conditions floating-point-invalid-operation and
floating-point-inexact as subconditions of arithmetic-error. Note on bottom of
p922.
20) ANSI added allocate-instance a new generic function. Add to bottom of p848:
allocate-instance class &rest initargs
[Generic function]
This generic function is like make-instance but does not initialize slots.
Add index entry:
"allocate-instance generic function, 848"
to:
p981,c2,ld22
p1024,c1,ld6
21) ANSI added array-displacement a new function. Add to bottom of p448:
array-displacement array
[Function]
This returns two values. The first value is the array displaced to and the
second is the displacement. If array is not a displaced array then
array-displacement returns the values nil and 0.
Add index entry:
"array-displacement function, 448"
to:
p982,c1,lu1
p1019,c1,lu7
22) ANSI added constantly a new function. Add to bottom of p708:
constantly object
[Function]
Returns a function that will always return the object. The returned function
takes any number of arguments.
Add index entry:
"constantly function, 708"
to:
p987,c3,ld32
p1020,c2,ld10
23) ANSI added define-symbol-macro a new macro. Add to bottom of p214:
define-symbol-macro symbol {form}
[Macro]
The symbol will act as a macro call. A single form constitutes the body of the
expansion. The symbol cannot already be a special variable.
Add index entry:
"define-symbol-function macro, 214"
to:
p989,c3,ld20
p1026,c1,lu13
24) ANSI added ensure-directories-exist a new function. Add to bottom of p652:
ensure-directories-exist file &key :verbose
[Function]
If the directories of file do not exist then this function creates them
returning two values, file and a second value true if the directories were
created or nil if not.
Add index entry:
"ensure-directories-exist function, 652"
to:
p991,c3,ld4
p1020,c3,ld4
25) ANSI added lambda a new macro. Add to bottom of p708:
lambda lambda-list [[ {declaration}* | [doc-string]] {form}* [Macro]
A dubious shortcut for (function (lambda ...)) or #'(lambda ...).
26) ANSI added read-sequence a new function. Add to bottom of p576:
read-sequence sequence input-stream &key :start :end
[Function]
This function reads elements from input-stream into sequence. The position of
the first unchanged element of sequence is returned.
Add index entry:
"read-sequence function, 576"
to:
p1007,c2,ld22
p1022,c2,lu7
27) ANSI added write-sequence a new function. Add to bottom of p577:
write-sequence sequence output-stream &key :start :end
[Function]
This function writes elements of sequence to output-stream.
Add index entry:
"write-sequence function, 577"
to:
p1016,c2,ld30
p1023,c3,lu6
