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Issue: PATHNAME-CANONICAL-TYPE (Version 1)
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- Subject: Issue: PATHNAME-CANONICAL-TYPE (Version 1)
- From: gz@spt.entity.com (Gail Zacharias)
- Date: 8 Jul 88 02:56:28 EDT (Fri)
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In many environments where lisps operate, "binary" refers to something other
than compiled lisp files (e.g., the executable files of the host system).
Therefore I think the use of :BIN for compiled lisp code is a bad choice, as
it precludes the use of :BIN for implementation-dependent local extensions
where :BIN might be the most natural name (I can imagine some such
implementations ending up with both :BIN and :BINARY, and you have to remember
which is which). I would prefer :COMPILED-LISP. Of course implementations
would be free to accept :BIN as a synonym for :COMPILED-LISP (especially in
the cases where compiled lisp files ARE in fact the executable files of the
host system :-).
If you'd prefer something terse, I'd suggest :COMPILED or :LOAD.