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File-write-date



Is file-write date supposed to produce an error, as in the below?

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> (file-write-date "nonexistent.file")

*** - FILE-WRITE-DATE: file #"/home/syali/clisp/bin/nonexistent.file" does not exist
1. Break> 

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Steele (pg 655) state "..., or nil if this cannot be determined." The intent
appears that a nonexistent file return nil. This is what happens in Lucid,
Allegro, and Allegro CL\PC.

Sy