draft of alternate proposal for EVAL-WHEN-NON-TOP-LEVEL

[Kim A. Barrett <IIM@ECLA.USC.EDU>]

> From: sandra%defun@cs.utah.edu (Sandra J Loosemore)
> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 89 16:27:57 MST
> 
> and merge that with the new interpretation of the EVAL situation from Kent's
> GENERALIZE-EVAL proposal from version 5. 

But I don't want to see EVAL generalized in this way.  I don't agree with the
following point

>   * The keyword `EVAL' is a misnomer because execution of
>     the body need not be done by EVAL. In compiled code, such as
>     (DEFUN FOO () (EVAL-WHEN (EVAL) (PRINT 'FOO)))
>     it is permissible (even desirable) for the call to PRINT to be compiled.

I think that if that got compiled then FOO should be a function of no arguments
which does nothing and returns NIL.  I want a way to distinguish between
interpreted and compiled cases.

kab
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