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#\STOP-OUTPUT in Maclisp
- To: DICK at MIT-AI
- Subject: #\STOP-OUTPUT in Maclisp
- From: kmp,rwk at MIT-MC
- Date: Fri, 10 Apr 81 20:04:00 GMT
- Cc: (BUG LISP) at MIT-MC
- Original-date: 10 APR 1981 1504-EST
- Sent-by: KMP at MIT-MC
We've decided that #\STOP-OUTPUT and friends should do something like a
CONS-A-READ-UNDEFINED-OBJECT so that the object read in is
#<READ-UNDEFINED-OBJECT "#\STOP-OUTPUT">
or something to that effect. That way, the compiler can detect the error
reliably, and the interpreter will stand a fair chance of providing a useful
diagnostic, too. Eg, EVAL'ing #<READ-UNDEFINED-OBJECT ...> should presumably
err immediately.
If this really bothers someone please let us know. It probably won't go in
immediately.
-kmp