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+% -*- Mode: TeX -*-
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+% !!! Moon wonders if "denote" is the right verb for talking about what "designators"
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+% refer to.
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+%
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+% !!! Moon thinks the bottom header gets too close to the running text in this chapter.
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+% It even overstrikes on a few pages (e.g., p26-28 of draft 10.156)
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+%
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+% Barmar thinks we should define reference terms for expressions like "left & right".
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+%
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+% Moon sez: Most occurrences of "which" in the glossary should be "that" in correct English.
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+% I should review this later. -kmp
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+%
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+% Think about unifying terms: "type lattice", "type hierarchy", "type hierarchy lattice",
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+% "directed acyclic graph".
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+% RPG says "hierarchy" or "dag" are ok, but not "lattice".
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+% Allan Wechsler (ACW@Symbolics.COM) says:
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+% Regarding DAGs vs. lattices: I don't know the basis of Dick Gabriel's
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+% objection to the latter term. I think that it's quite clear
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+% mathematically that "lattice" is correct and "directed acyclic graph" is
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+% incorrect, but Gabriel's objection may not be mathematical. Details on
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+% request. I'm using the definitions from the ``Encyclopedic Dictionary of
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+% Mathematics.''
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+%
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+% Think about these terms, which are commonly used without definition:
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+% "qualifier pattern" - something that gets matched against in method comb.
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+% "type specifier list" - the list form of a type specifier
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+% "default value"
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+% "optional parameter", ...
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+%
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+% Think about these terms, which are common concepts in search of a name, to cut
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+% down on wasted verbiage at multiple places in the text.
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+% "stringname" - a string or a symbol, which is taken the name of a string.
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+% if a symbol, then then it is treated as if its name had been supplied.
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+%
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+% Sometime search for braces immediately followed by an alpha char
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+% ("{...}s", "{...}es", "{...}ing", "{...}ed", etc.) because these are often
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+% clues to needed glossary words.
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+%
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+% KMP: Maybe a term "user symbol" being defined as
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+% "a symbol that is not accessible in the common-lisp package".
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+% (I find it cumbersome to write a param description that says
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+% a symbol that is not in the common-lisp package.
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+% This comes up in a number of places.)
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+% Barmar: That sounds like a reasonable term and definition.
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+% KMP: Issue--some places might need a restriction on keywords, too, but that should
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+% probably not be piggy-backed on the "user symbol" term.
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+
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+\def\gentry#1{\itemitem{}\b{#1}\idxterm{#1}}
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+\def\gexample#1{{``#1''}}
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+\def\indextab#1{\endlist\indextabnote{#1}\beginlist}
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+\def\firstindextab#1{\indextabnote{#1}\beginlist}
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+\def\indextabnote#1{\goodbreak\item{\b{#1}}\penalty20000}
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+
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+\def\Noun{\i{n.}}
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+\def\Verb{\i{v.}}
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+\def\TransitiveVerb{\i{v.t.}}
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+\def\Adjective{\i{adj.}}
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+\def\Adverb{\i{adv.}}
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+
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+\def\ANSI{\i{ANSI}}
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+\def\IEEE{\i{IEEE}}
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+\def\ISO{\i{ISO}}
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+\def\Traditional{\i{Trad.}}
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+\def\Mathematics{\i{Math.}}
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+\def\Idiomatic{\i{Idiom.}}
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+\def\Computers{\i{Comp.}}
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+
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+%% Glossary
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+
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+Each entry in this glossary has the following parts:
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+
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+\beginlist
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+
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+\item{\bull} the term being defined, set in boldface.
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+
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+ \item{\bull} optional pronunciation, enclosed in square brackets and
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+set in boldface, as in the following example:
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+\pronounced{\Stress{a}\stress{list}}. The pronunciation key follows
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+\WebstersDictionary\TypographyCaveats.
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+
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+ \item{\bull} the part or parts of speech, set in italics. If a term
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+can be used as several parts of speech, there is a separate definition
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+for each part of speech.
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+
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+ \item{\bull} one or more definitions, organized as follows:
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+
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+\beginlist
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+
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+ \item{--} an optional number, present if there are several
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+definitions. Lowercase letters might also be used in cases where subdefinitions of
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+a numbered definition are necessary.
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+
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+ \item{--} an optional part of speech, set in italics, present if the
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+term is one of several parts of speech.
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+
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+ \item{--} an optional discipline, set in italics, present if the term
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+has a standard definition being repeated. For example, ``{\Mathematics}''
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+
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+ \item{--} an optional context, present if this definition is
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+meaningful only in that context. For example, ``(of a \term{symbol})''.
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+
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+ \item{--} the definition.
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+
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+ \item{--} an optional example sentence. For example,
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+ \gexample{This is an example of an example.}
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+
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+ \item{--} optional cross references.
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+%%There are a lot of options, and they are all pretty self-explanatory. -kmp 11-Sep-91
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+%A cross reference to another word uses the following form: \Seeterm{word}.
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+%A cross reference to a section uses the following form: \Seesection\Sample.
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+
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+\endlist
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+\endlist
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+
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+In addition, some terms have idiomatic usage in the Common Lisp
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+community which is not shared by other communities, or which is not
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+technically correct. Definitions labeled ``{\Idiomatic}'' represent
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+such idiomatic usage; these definitions are sometimes followed by an
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+explanatory note.
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+
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+Words in \term{this font} are words with entries in the glossary.
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+%Word in \typeref{this font} are names of data types.
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+Words in example sentences do not follow this convention.
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+
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+When an ambiguity arises, the longest matching substring has precedence.
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+For example, ``\term{complex float}'' refers to a single glossary entry
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+for ``\term{complex float}'' rather than the combined meaning of the
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+glossary terms ``\term{complex}'' and ``\term{float}.''
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+
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+Subscript notation, as in ``\term{something}\meaning{n}'' means that
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+the \i{n}th definition of ``\term{something}'' is intended. This
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+notation is used only in situations where the context might be insufficient
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+to disambiguate.
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+
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+The following are abbreviations used in the glossary:
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+
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+\tabletwo{Abbreviation}{Meaning}{
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+\entry{\Adjective}{adjective}
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+\entry{\Adverb}{adverb}
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+\entry{\ANSI}{compatible with one or more ANSI standards}
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+\entry{\Computers}{computers}
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+\entry{\Idiomatic}{idiomatic}
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+\entry{\IEEE}{compatible with one or more IEEE standards}
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+\entry{\ISO}{compatible with one or more ISO standards}
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+\entry{\Mathematics}{mathematics}
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+\entry{\Traditional}{traditional}
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+\entry{\Noun}{noun}
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+\entry{\Verb}{verb}
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+\entry{\TransitiveVerb}{transitive verb}
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+}
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+
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+\beginlist
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+
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+\firstindextab{Non-alphabetic}
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+
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+\gentry{()} \pronounced{\Stress{nil}}, \Noun\
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+ an alternative notation for writing the symbol~\nil, used to emphasize
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+ the use of \term{nil} as an \term{empty list}.
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+
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+\indextab{A}
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+
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+\gentry{absolute} \Adjective\
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+ 1. (of a \term{time})
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+ representing a specific point in time.
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+ 2. (of a \term{pathname})
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+ representing a specific position in a directory hierarchy.
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+ \Seeterm{relative}.
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+
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+\gentry{access} \Noun, \TransitiveVerb\
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+%\term{variable} removed since generalized reference implies it.
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+ 1. \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{place}, or \term{array})
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+ to \term{read}\meaning{1} or \term{write}\meaning{1} the \term{value} of
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+ the \term{place}
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+ or an \term{element} of the \term{array}.
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+ 2. \Noun\ (of a \term{place})
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+ an attempt to \term{access}\meaning{1} the \term{value} of the \term{place}.
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+
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+% Moon: Useless entry. Adds nothing to normal English usage.
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+% KMP: Allows usage to be italicized; also, courtesy to non-native
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+% English speakers, who may not be as familiar with all our word forms.
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+\gentry{accessibility} \Noun\
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+ the state of being \term{accessible}.
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+
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+%!!! Moon: accessible[1] and reference[2] don't seem to match up.
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+\gentry{accessible} \Adjective\
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+ 1. (of an \term{object}) capable of being \term{referenced}.
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+ 2. (of \term{shared slots} or \term{local slots} in an \term{instance} of
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+ a \term{class}) having been defined by the \term{class}
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+ of the \term{instance} or \term{inherited} from a
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+ \term{superclass} of that \term{class}.
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+%!!! JonL: this reader thing should be an effect, not the definition.
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+% use "present" and "inherited".
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+ 3. (of a \term{symbol} in a \term{package})
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+ capable of being \term{referenced} without a \term{package prefix}
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+ when that \term{package} is current, regardless of whether the
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+ \term{symbol} is \term{present} in that \term{package} or is \term{inherited}.
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+
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+\gentry{accessor} \Noun\
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+ an \term{operator} that performs an \term{access}.
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+ \Seeterm{reader} and \term{writer}.
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+
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+\gentry{active} \Adjective\
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+ 1. (of a \term{handler}, a \term{restart}, or a \term{catch tag})
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+ having been \term{established} but not yet \term{disestablished}.
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+ 2. (of an \term{element} of an \term{array})
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+ having an index that is greater than or equal to zero,
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+ but less than the \term{fill pointer} (if any).
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+ For an \term{array} that has no \term{fill pointer},
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+ all \term{elements} are considered \term{active}.
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+
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+\gentry{actual adjustability} \Noun\ (of an \term{array})
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+ a \term{generalized boolean} that is associated with the \term{array},
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+ representing whether the \term{array} is \term{actually adjustable}.
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+ \SeetermAlso{expressed adjustability} and \funref{adjustable-array-p}.
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+
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+\gentry{actual argument} \Noun\ \Traditional\
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+ an \term{argument}.
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+
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+\gentry{actual array element type} \Noun\ (of an \term{array})
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+ the \term{type} for which the \term{array} is actually specialized,
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+ which is the \term{upgraded array element type} of
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+ the \term{expressed array element type} of the \term{array}.
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+ \Seefun{array-element-type}.
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+
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+\gentry{actual complex part type} \Noun\ (of a \term{complex})
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+ the \term{type} in which the real and imaginary parts of the \term{complex}
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+ are actually represented, which is the \term{upgraded complex part type} of the
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+ \term{expressed complex part type} of the \term{complex}.
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+
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+\gentry{actual parameter} \Noun\ \Traditional\
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+ an \term{argument}.
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+
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+\gentry{actually adjustable} \Adjective\ (of an \term{array})
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+ such that \funref{adjust-array} can adjust its characteristics
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+ by direct modification.
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+ A \term{conforming program} may depend on
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+ an \term{array} being \term{actually adjustable}
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+ only if either that \term{array} is known to have been \term{expressly adjustable}
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+ or if that \term{array} has been explicitly tested by \funref{adjustable-array-p}.
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+
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+\gentry{adjustability} \Noun\ (of an \term{array})
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+ 1. \term{expressed adjustability}.
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+ 2. \term{actual adjustability}.
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+
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+\gentry{adjustable} \Adjective\ (of an \term{array})
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+ 1. \term{expressly adjustable}.
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+ 2. \term{actually adjustable}.
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+
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+\gentry{after method} \Noun\
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+ a \term{method} having the \term{qualifier} \kwd{after}.
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+
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+\gentry{alist} \pronounced{\Stress{\harda}\stress{list}}, \Noun\
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+ an \term{association list}.
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+
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+\gentry{alphabetic} \Noun, \Adjective\
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+%% 13.2.0 12
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+ 1. \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
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+ being one of the \term{standard characters} \f{A} through \f{Z}
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+ or \f{a} through \f{z},
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+ or being any \term{implementation-defined} character that has \term{case},
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+ or being some other \term{graphic} \term{character}
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+ defined by the \term{implementation} to be \term{alphabetic}\meaning{1}.
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+ 2. a. \Noun\
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+ one of several possible \term{constituent traits} of a \term{character}.
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+ For details, \seesection\ConstituentChars\ and \secref\ReaderAlgorithm.
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+ b. \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
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+ being a \term{character}
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+ that has \term{syntax type} \term{constituent} in the \term{current readtable}
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+ and that has the \term{constituent trait} \term{alphabetic}\meaning{2a}.
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+ \Seefigure\ConstituentTraitsOfStdChars.
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+
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+\gentry{alphanumeric} \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
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+%% 13.2.0 12
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+ being either an \term{alphabetic}\meaning{1} \term{character}
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+ or a \term{numeric} {character}.
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+
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+\gentry{ampersand} \Noun\
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+ the \term{standard character} that is called ``ampersand'' (\f{\&}).
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+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
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+
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+\gentry{anonymous} \Adjective\
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+ 1. (of a \term{class} or \term{function}) having no \term{name}
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+ 2. (of a \term{restart}) having a \term{name} of \nil.
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+
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+\gentry{apparently uninterned} \Adjective\
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+ having a \term{home package} of \nil. (An \term{apparently uninterned} \term{symbol}
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+ might or might not be an \term{uninterned} \term{symbol}. \term{Uninterned symbols}
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+ have a \term{home package} of \nil, but \term{symbols} which have been \term{uninterned}
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+ from their \term{home package} also have a \term{home package} of \nil,
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+ even though they might still be \term{interned} in some other \term{package}.)
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+
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+%!!! Moon: Need to reconcile this entry with the following three.
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+\gentry{applicable} \Adjective\
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+ 1. (of a \term{handler}) being an \term{applicable handler}.
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+ 2. (of a \term{method}) being an \term{applicable method}.
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+ 3. (of a \term{restart}) being an \term{applicable restart}.
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+
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+\gentry{applicable handler} \Noun\ (for a \term{condition} being \term{signaled})
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+ an \term{active} \term{handler} for which the associated type contains the
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+ \term{condition}.
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+
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+\gentry{applicable method} \Noun\ (of a \term{generic function}
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+ called with \term{arguments})
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+ a \term{method} of the \term{generic function} for which the
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+ \term{arguments} satisfy the \term{parameter specializers}
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+ of that \term{method}.
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+% and which has not been \term{shadowed}\meaning{2}.
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+%Moon says: ``applicableness does not take method combination into account
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+% and shadowing is a property of method combination.''
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+ \Seesection\SelApplMeth.
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+
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+\issue{CONDITION-RESTARTS:PERMIT-ASSOCIATION}
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+\gentry{applicable restart} \Noun\
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+ 1. (for a \term{condition})
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+ an \term{active} \term{handler} for which the associated test returns
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+ \term{true} when given the \term{condition} as an argument.
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+ 2. (for no particular \term{condition})
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+ an \term{active} \term{handler} for which the associated test returns
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+ \term{true} when given \nil\ as an argument.
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+\endissue{CONDITION-RESTARTS:PERMIT-ASSOCIATION}
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+
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+\gentry{apply} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{function} to a \term{list})
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+ to \term{call} the \term{function} with arguments that are the \term{elements}
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+ of the \term{list}.
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+ \gexample{Applying the function \funref{+} to a list of integers returns
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+ the sum of the elements of that list.}
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+
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+\gentry{argument} \Noun\
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+ 1. (of a \term{function}) an \term{object} which is offered as data
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+ to the \term{function} when it is \term{called}.
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+%% I wonder if we should say this. -kmp
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+% In other literature, but not here, this is sometimes called an ``actual argument.''
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+%
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+% 1. (of a \term{function}) an \term{object} which is paired
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+% with a corresponding \term{parameter} in order to provide data
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+% flow into the function at the time it is called.
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+% Moon says:
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+% ``Not all arguments have corresponding parameters, when the function accepts
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+% keyword or rest arguments. Consider \kwd{allow-other-keys}. Thus this definition
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+% cannot be exactly correct. I don't think the definition of arguments should
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+% have anything to do with what the function does internally to receive the
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+% arguments.''
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+\issue{FORMAT-STRING-ARGUMENTS:SPECIFY}
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+ 2. (of a \term{format control}) a \term{format argument}.
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+\endissue{FORMAT-STRING-ARGUMENTS:SPECIFY}
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+
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+\gentry{argument evaluation order} \Noun\
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|
|
+ the order in which \term{arguments} are evaluated in a function call.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The argument evaluation order for Common Lisp is left to right.}
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\Evaluation.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{argument precedence order} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the order in which the \term{arguments} to a \term{generic function} are
|
|
|
+ considered when sorting the \term{applicable methods} into precedence order.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{around method} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{method} having the \term{qualifier} \kwd{around}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{array} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{array}, which serves as a container for other
|
|
|
+ \term{objects} arranged in a Cartesian coordinate system.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{array element type} \Noun\ (of an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{type} associated with the \term{array},
|
|
|
+ and of which all \term{elements} of the \term{array} are
|
|
|
+ constrained to be members.
|
|
|
+ 2. the \term{actual array element type} of the \term{array}.
|
|
|
+ 3. the \term{expressed array element type} of the \term{array}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{array total size} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the total number of \term{elements} in an \term{array}, computed by taking
|
|
|
+ the product of the \term{dimensions} of the \term{array}.
|
|
|
+ (The size of a zero-dimensional \term{array} is therefore one.)
|
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|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{assign} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{variable})
|
|
|
+ to change the \term{value} of the \term{variable} in a \term{binding}
|
|
|
+ that has already been \term{established}.
|
|
|
+ \Seespec{setq}.
|
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|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{association list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{list} of \term{conses} representing an association
|
|
|
+ of \term{keys} with \term{values}, where the \term{car} of each
|
|
|
+ \term{cons} is the \term{key} and the \term{cdr} is the
|
|
|
+ \term{value} associated with that \term{key}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{asterisk} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``asterisk''
|
|
|
+ or ``star'' (\f{*}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{at-sign} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``commercial at''
|
|
|
+ or ``at sign'' (\f{@}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{atom} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ any \term{object} that is not a \term{cons}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{A vector is an atom.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{atomic} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ being an \term{atom}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The number 3, the symbol \f{foo}, and \nil\ are atomic.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{atomic type specifier} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{type specifier} that is \term{atomic}.
|
|
|
+ For every \term{atomic type specifier}, \i{x}, there is an equivalent
|
|
|
+ \term{compound type specifier} with no arguments supplied, \f{(\i{x})}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{attribute} \Noun\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ a program-visible aspect of the \term{character}.
|
|
|
+ The only \term{standardized} \term{attribute} of a \term{character}
|
|
|
+ is its \term{code}\meaning{2}, but \term{implementations} are permitted to have
|
|
|
+ additional \term{implementation-defined} \term{attributes}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CharacterAttributes.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{An implementation that support fonts
|
|
|
+ might make font information an attribute of a character,
|
|
|
+ while others might represent font information separately from characters.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{aux variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{variable} that occurs in the part of a \term{lambda list}
|
|
|
+ that was introduced by \keyref{aux}. Unlike all other \term{variables}
|
|
|
+ introduced by a \term{lambda-list}, \term{aux variables} are not
|
|
|
+ \term{parameters}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{auxiliary method} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a member of one of two sets of \term{methods}
|
|
|
+ (the set of \term{primary methods} is the other)
|
|
|
+ that form an exhaustive partition of the set of \term{methods}
|
|
|
+ on the \term{method}'s \term{generic function}.
|
|
|
+ How these sets are determined is dependent on the \term{method combination} type;
|
|
|
+ \seesection\IntroToMethods.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{B}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{backquote} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``grave accent''
|
|
|
+ or ``backquote'' (\f{`}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{backslash} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``reverse solidus''
|
|
|
+ or ``backslash'' (\f{\\}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{base character} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{character}
|
|
|
+\issue{CHARACTER-VS-CHAR:LESS-INCONSISTENT-SHORT}
|
|
|
+ \oftype{base-char}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{CHARACTER-VS-CHAR:LESS-INCONSISTENT-SHORT}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{base string} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{string} \oftype{base-string}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{before method} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{method} having the \term{qualifier} \kwd{before}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bidirectional} \Adjective\ (of a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ being both an \term{input} \term{stream} and an \term{output} \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{binary} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ being a \term{stream} that has an \term{element type} that is a \subtypeof{integer}.
|
|
|
+ The most fundamental operation on a \term{binary} \term{input} \term{stream}
|
|
|
+ is \funref{read-byte} and on a \term{binary} \term{output} \term{stream}
|
|
|
+ is \funref{write-byte}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{character}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{file})
|
|
|
+ having been created by opening a \term{binary} \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+ (It is \term{implementation-dependent} whether this is an detectable aspect
|
|
|
+ of the \term{file}, or whether any given \term{character} \term{file} can be
|
|
|
+ treated as a \term{binary} \term{file}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! JonL: In the iteration chapter, you also use this to mean to
|
|
|
+% reset the value of a variable.
|
|
|
+% KMP: Those references need to be fixed.
|
|
|
+\gentry{bind} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{variable})
|
|
|
+ to establish a \term{binding} for the \term{variable}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{binding} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an association between a \term{name} and that which the \term{name}
|
|
|
+ denotes.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{A lexical binding is a lexical association between a
|
|
|
+ name and its value.}
|
|
|
+%% Added per Boyer/Kaufmann/Moore #5 (by X3J13 vote at May 4-5, 1994 meeting).
|
|
|
+%% -kmp 9-May-94
|
|
|
+ When the term \term{binding} is qualified by the name of a \term{namespace},
|
|
|
+ such as ``variable'' or ``function,''
|
|
|
+ it restricts the binding to the indicated namespace, as in:
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\specref{let} establishes variable bindings.}
|
|
|
+ or
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\specref{let} establishes bindings of variables.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bit} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{bit};
|
|
|
+ that is, the \term{integer} \f{0} or the \term{integer} \f{1}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bit array} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a specialized \term{array} that is of \term{type} \f{(array bit)},
|
|
|
+ and whose elements are \oftype{bit}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bit vector} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a specialized \term{vector} that is \oftype{bit-vector},
|
|
|
+ and whose elements are \oftype{bit}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bit-wise logical operation specifier} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} which names one of the sixteen possible bit-wise logical
|
|
|
+ operations that can be performed by the \funref{boole} function,
|
|
|
+ and which is the \term{value} of exactly one of the
|
|
|
+ \term{constant variables}
|
|
|
+ \conref{boole-clr}, \conref{boole-set},
|
|
|
+ \conref{boole-1}, \conref{boole-2},
|
|
|
+ \conref{boole-c1}, \conref{boole-c2},
|
|
|
+ \conref{boole-and}, \conref{boole-ior},
|
|
|
+ \conref{boole-xor}, \conref{boole-eqv},
|
|
|
+ \conref{boole-nand}, \conref{boole-nor},
|
|
|
+ \conref{boole-andc1}, \conref{boole-andc2},
|
|
|
+ \conref{boole-orc1}, or \conref{boole-orc2}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{block} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a named lexical \term{exit point},
|
|
|
+ \term{established} explicitly by \specref{block}
|
|
|
+ or implicitly by \term{operators}
|
|
|
+ such as \macref{loop}, \macref{do} and \macref{prog},
|
|
|
+ to which control and values may be transfered by
|
|
|
+ using a \specref{return-from} \term{form} with the name of the \term{block}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{block tag} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{symbol} that, within the \term{lexical scope}
|
|
|
+ of a \specref{block} \term{form}, names the \term{block}
|
|
|
+ \term{established} by that \specref{block} \term{form}.
|
|
|
+ See \macref{return} or \specref{return-from}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{boa lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{lambda list} that is syntactically like an \term{ordinary lambda list},
|
|
|
+ but that is processed in ``\b{b}y \b{o}rder of \b{a}rgument'' style.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\BoaLambdaLists.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{body parameter} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{parameter} available in certain \term{lambda lists}
|
|
|
+ which from the point of view of \term{conforming programs}
|
|
|
+ is like a \term{rest parameter} in every way except that it is introduced
|
|
|
+ by \keyref{body} instead of \keyref{rest}. (\term{Implementations} are
|
|
|
+ permitted to provide extensions which distinguish \term{body parameters}
|
|
|
+ and \term{rest parameters}---\eg the \term{forms} for \term{operators}
|
|
|
+ which were defined using a \term{body parameter} might be pretty printed
|
|
|
+ slightly differently than \term{forms} for \term{operators} which were
|
|
|
+ defined using \term{rest parameters}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{boolean} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{boolean};
|
|
|
+ that is, one of the following \term{objects}:
|
|
|
+ the symbol~\t\ (representing \term{true}),
|
|
|
+ or the symbol~\nil\ (representing \term{false}).
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{generalized boolean}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{boolean equivalent} \Noun\ (of an \term{object} $O\sub 1$)
|
|
|
+ any \term{object} $O\sub 2$ that has the same truth value as $O\sub 1$
|
|
|
+ when both $O\sub 1$ and $O\sub 2$ are viewed as \term{generalized booleans}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bound} \Adjective, \TransitiveVerb\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Adjective\ having an associated denotation in a \term{binding}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The variables named by a \specref{let} are bound within
|
|
|
+ its body.}
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{unbound}.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Adjective\ having a local \term{binding} which
|
|
|
+ \term{shadows}\meaning{2} another.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The variable \varref{*print-escape*} is bound while in
|
|
|
+ the \funref{princ} function.}
|
|
|
+ 3. \TransitiveVerb\ the past tense of \term{bind}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bound declaration} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{declaration} that refers to or is associated with a \term{variable}
|
|
|
+ or \term{function} and that appears within the \term{special form}
|
|
|
+ that \term{establishes} the \term{variable} or \term{function},
|
|
|
+ but before the body of that \term{special form}
|
|
|
+% This next parenthetical remark was added because Moon thinks (and I agree)
|
|
|
+% that rather than just "within" we need to say "at the head of the body"
|
|
|
+% in order to make it clear that
|
|
|
+% (let ((a (let ((b 1))
|
|
|
+% (declare (fixnum a))
|
|
|
+% (expt b 100))))
|
|
|
+% (print a))
|
|
|
+% is not accidentally covered.
|
|
|
+ (specifically, at the head of that \term{form}'s body).
|
|
|
+%!!! Barmar: The following should be replaced by a cross-reference to a
|
|
|
+% concept section.
|
|
|
+ (If a \term{bound declaration} refers to a \term{function} \term{binding} or
|
|
|
+ a \term{lexical variable} \term{binding}, the \term{scope} of
|
|
|
+ the \term{declaration} is exactly the \term{scope} of that
|
|
|
+ \term{binding}. If the \term{declaration} refers to a
|
|
|
+ \term{dynamic variable} \term{binding}, the \term{scope} of
|
|
|
+ the \term{declaration} is what the \term{scope} of the
|
|
|
+ \term{binding} would have been if it were lexical rather than dynamic.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bounded} \Adjective\ (of a \term{sequence} $S$,
|
|
|
+ by an ordered pair
|
|
|
+ of \term{bounding indices} $i\sub{start}$ and $i\sub{end}$)
|
|
|
+ restricted to a subrange of the \term{elements} of $S$ that includes each \term{element}
|
|
|
+ beginning with (and including) the one indexed by $i\sub{start}$ and
|
|
|
+ continuing up to (but not including) the one indexed by $i\sub{end}$.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bounding index} \Noun\ (of a \term{sequence} with \term{length} $n$)
|
|
|
+ either of a conceptual pair of \term{integers}, $i\sub{start}$ and $i\sub{end}$,
|
|
|
+ respectively called the ``lower bounding index'' and ``upper bounding index'',
|
|
|
+ such that $0 \leq i\sub{start} \leq i\sub{end} \leq n$, and which therefore delimit
|
|
|
+ a subrange of the \term{sequence} \term{bounded} by $i\sub{start}$ and $i\sub{end}$.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{bounding index designator} (for a \term{sequence})
|
|
|
+ one of two \term{objects} that, taken together as an ordered pair,
|
|
|
+ behave as a \term{designator} for \term{bounding indices} of the \term{sequence};
|
|
|
+ that is, they denote \term{bounding indices} of the \term{sequence},
|
|
|
+ and are either:
|
|
|
+ an \term{integer} (denoting itself) and \nil\
|
|
|
+ (denoting the \term{length} of the \term{sequence}),
|
|
|
+ or two \term{integers} (each denoting themselves).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{break loop} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A variant of the normal \term{Lisp read-eval-print loop} that is recursively
|
|
|
+ entered, usually because the ongoing \term{evaluation} of some other \term{form}
|
|
|
+ has been suspended for the purpose of debugging. Often, a \term{break loop}
|
|
|
+ provides the ability to exit in such a way as to continue the suspended computation.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{break}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{broadcast stream} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{output} \term{stream} \oftype{broadcast-stream}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{built-in class} \Noun\
|
|
|
+%"instance" => "generalized instance" per Quinquevirate. -kmp 14-Feb-92
|
|
|
+ a \term{class} that is a \term{generalized instance} \ofclass{built-in-class}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! KMP: This term is confusing and should probably be called something else.
|
|
|
+\gentry{built-in type} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ one of the \term{types} in \figref\StandardizedAtomicTypeSpecs.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% \gentry{built-in type} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% one of the \term{types} in \thenextfigure.
|
|
|
+%
|
|
|
+% Moon: Aren't there a bunch missing, like base-char and simple-vector.
|
|
|
+% \displaythree{Built-in types}{
|
|
|
+% array&integer&restart\cr
|
|
|
+% bit-vector&long-float&sequence\cr
|
|
|
+% character&null&short-float\cr
|
|
|
+% complex&number&single-float\cr
|
|
|
+% condition&package&stream\cr
|
|
|
+% cons&pathname&string\cr
|
|
|
+% double-float&random-state&symbol\cr
|
|
|
+% float&ratio&vector\cr
|
|
|
+% function&rational&\cr
|
|
|
+% hash-table&readtable&\cr
|
|
|
+% }
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{byte} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. adjacent bits within an \term{integer}.
|
|
|
+ (The specific number of bits can vary from point to point in the program;
|
|
|
+ \seefun{byte}.)
|
|
|
+ 2. an integer in a specified range.
|
|
|
+% Moon: Below 0 and a power of 2?
|
|
|
+% KMP: I'm not so sure. In the context of OPEN, it seems to mean any integer.
|
|
|
+ (The specific range can vary from point to point in the program;
|
|
|
+ \seefuns{open} and \funref{write-byte}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{byte specifier} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ An \term{object} of \term{implementation-dependent} nature
|
|
|
+ that is returned by \thefunction{byte} and
|
|
|
+ that specifies the range of bits in an \term{integer} to be used
|
|
|
+ as a \term{byte} by \term{functions} such as \funref{ldb}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{C}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{cadr} \pronounced{\Stress{ka}\stress{d\schwa r}}, \Noun\ (of an \term{object})
|
|
|
+ the \term{car} of the \term{cdr} of that \term{object}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{call} \TransitiveVerb, \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{function} with \term{arguments})
|
|
|
+ to cause the \term{code} represented by that \term{function} to be
|
|
|
+ \term{executed} in an \term{environment} where \term{bindings} for
|
|
|
+ the \term{values} of its \term{parameters} have been \term{established}
|
|
|
+ based on the \term{arguments}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{Calling the function \funref{+} with the arguments
|
|
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+ \f{5} and \f{1} yields a value of \f{6}.}
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+ 2. \Noun\ a \term{situation} in which a \term{function} is called.
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|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{captured initialization form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{initialization form} along with the \term{lexical environment}
|
|
|
+ in which the \term{form} that defined the \term{initialization form}
|
|
|
+ was \term{evaluated}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{Each newly added shared slot is set to the result of evaluating
|
|
|
+ the captured initialization form for the slot that was specified
|
|
|
+ in the \macref{defclass} form for the new class.}
|
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|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{car} \Noun\
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|
|
+ 1. a. (of a \term{cons})
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|
|
+ the component of a \term{cons} corresponding to the first
|
|
|
+ \term{argument} to \funref{cons}; the other component is the
|
|
|
+ \term{cdr}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{rplaca} modifies the car of a cons.}
|
|
|
+ b. (of a \term{list})
|
|
|
+ the first \term{element} of the \term{list}, or \nil\ if the
|
|
|
+ \term{list} is the \term{empty list}.
|
|
|
+ 2. the \term{object} that is held in the \term{car}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{car} returns the car of a cons.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{case} \Noun\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ the property of being either \term{uppercase} or \term{lowercase}.
|
|
|
+ Not all \term{characters} have \term{case}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The characters \f{\#\\A} and \f{\#\\a} have case,
|
|
|
+ but the character \f{\#\\\$} has no case.}
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CharactersWithCase\ and \thefunction{both-case-p}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{case sensitivity mode} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ one of the \term{symbols}
|
|
|
+ \kwd{upcase}, \kwd{downcase}, \kwd{preserve}, or \kwd{invert}.
|
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|
+
|
|
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+\gentry{catch} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{exit point} which is \term{established} by a \specref{catch}
|
|
|
+ \term{form} within the \term{dynamic scope} of its body,
|
|
|
+ which is named by a \term{catch tag},
|
|
|
+ and to which control and \term{values} may be \term{thrown}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{catch tag} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} which names an \term{active} \term{catch}.
|
|
|
+ (If more than one \term{catch} is active with the same \term{catch tag},
|
|
|
+ it is only possible to \term{throw} to the innermost such \term{catch}
|
|
|
+ because the outer one is \term{shadowed}\meaning{2}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{cddr} \pronounced{\Stress{k\.ud}\schwa \stress{d\schwa r}} or
|
|
|
+ \pronounced{\Stress{k\schwa}\stress{d\.ud\schwa r}}, \Noun\
|
|
|
+ (of an \term{object})
|
|
|
+ the \term{cdr} of the \term{cdr} of that \term{object}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{cdr} \pronounced{\Stress{k\.u}\stress{d\schwa r}}, \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a. (of a \term{cons})
|
|
|
+ the component of a \term{cons} corresponding to the second \term{argument}
|
|
|
+ to \funref{cons}; the other component is the \term{car}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{rplacd} modifies the cdr of a cons.}
|
|
|
+ b. (of a \term{list} $L\sub 1$)
|
|
|
+ either the \term{list} $L\sub 2$ that contains
|
|
|
+ the \term{elements} of $L\sub 1$ that follow after the first,
|
|
|
+ or else \nil\ if $L\sub 1$ is the \term{empty list}.
|
|
|
+ 2. the \term{object} that is held in the \term{cdr}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{cdr} returns the cdr of a cons.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{cell} \Noun\ \Traditional\ (of an \term{object})
|
|
|
+ a conceptual \term{slot} of that \term{object}.
|
|
|
+ The \term{dynamic variable} and global \term{function} \term{bindings}
|
|
|
+ of a \term{symbol} are sometimes referred to as its \term{value cell}
|
|
|
+ and \term{function cell}, respectively.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{character} \Noun, \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Noun\ an \term{object} \oftype{character}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that represents a unitary token in an aggregate quantity of text;
|
|
|
+ \seesection\CharacterConcepts.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ a. (of a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ having an \term{element type} that is a \subtypeof{character}.
|
|
|
+ The most fundamental operation on a \term{character} \term{input} \term{stream}
|
|
|
+ is \funref{read-char} and on a \term{character} \term{output} \term{stream}
|
|
|
+ is \funref{write-char}. \Seeterm{binary}.
|
|
|
+ b. (of a \term{file})
|
|
|
+ having been created by opening a \term{character} \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+ (It is \term{implementation-dependent} whether this is an inspectable aspect
|
|
|
+ of the \term{file}, or whether any given \term{binary} \term{file} can be
|
|
|
+ treated as a \term{character} \term{file}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: This never says what it is!
|
|
|
+\gentry{character code} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. one of possibly several \term{attributes} of a \term{character}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a non-negative \term{integer} less than \thevalueof{char-code-limit}
|
|
|
+ that is suitable for use as a \term{character code}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{character designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{character}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{character}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{string} of \term{length} one
|
|
|
+ (denoting the \term{character} that is its only \term{element}),
|
|
|
+\issue{CHARACTER-PROPOSAL:2-1-1}
|
|
|
+% Integers used to be permitted (a la INT-CHAR), but are now removed.
|
|
|
+\endissue{CHARACTER-PROPOSAL:2-1-1}
|
|
|
+ or a \term{character} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{circular} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{list}) a \term{circular list}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of an arbitrary \term{object})
|
|
|
+ having a \term{component}, \term{element}, \term{constituent}\meaning{2},
|
|
|
+ or \term{subexpression} (as appropriate to the context)
|
|
|
+ that is the \term{object} itself.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{circular list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a chain of \term{conses} that has no termination because some
|
|
|
+ \term{cons} in the chain is the \term{cdr} of a later \term{cons}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{class} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. an \term{object} that uniquely determines the structure and behavior of
|
|
|
+ a set of other \term{objects} called its \term{direct instances},
|
|
|
+ that contributes structure and behavior to a set of
|
|
|
+ other \term{objects} called its \term{indirect instances},
|
|
|
+ and that acts as a \term{type specifier} for a set of objects
|
|
|
+ called its \term{generalized instances}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The class \typeref{integer} is a subclass of the class \typeref{number}.}
|
|
|
+ (Note that the phrase ``the \term{class} \f{foo}'' is often substituted for
|
|
|
+ the more precise phrase ``the \term{class} named \f{foo}''---in both
|
|
|
+ cases, a \term{class} \term{object} (not a \term{symbol}) is denoted.)
|
|
|
+ 2. (of an \term{object})
|
|
|
+ the uniquely determined \term{class} of which the \term{object} is
|
|
|
+ a \term{direct instance}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{class-of}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The class of the object returned by \funref{gensym}
|
|
|
+ is \typeref{symbol}.}
|
|
|
+ (Note that with this usage a phrase such as ``its \term{class} is \f{foo}''
|
|
|
+ is often substituted for the more precise phrase
|
|
|
+ ``its \term{class} is the \term{class} named \f{foo}''---in both
|
|
|
+ cases, a \term{class} \term{object} (not a \term{symbol}) is denoted.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{class designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{class}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{class}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ a \term{symbol} (denoting the \term{class} named by that \term{symbol};
|
|
|
+ \seefun{find-class})
|
|
|
+ or a \term{class} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{class precedence list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a unique total ordering on a \term{class}
|
|
|
+ and its \term{superclasses} that is consistent with the
|
|
|
+ \term{local precedence orders} for the \term{class} and its
|
|
|
+ \term{superclasses}.
|
|
|
+ For detailed information, \seesection\DeterminingtheCPL.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{close} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ to terminate usage of the \term{stream} as a source or sink of data,
|
|
|
+ permitting the \term{implementation} to reclaim its internal data structures,
|
|
|
+ and to free any external resources which might have been locked by the
|
|
|
+ \term{stream} when it was opened.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{closed} \Adjective\ (of a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ having been \term{closed} (\seeterm\term{close}).
|
|
|
+ Some (but not all) operations that are valid on \term{open} \term{streams}
|
|
|
+ are not valid on \term{closed} \term{streams}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\OpenAndClosedStreams.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{closure} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{lexical closure}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%"constant objects" => "literal objects" per Moon #4(first public review) --kmp 5-May-93
|
|
|
+\gentry{coalesce} \TransitiveVerb\ (\term{literal objects} that are \term{similar})
|
|
|
+ to consolidate the identity of those \term{objects},
|
|
|
+ such that they become the \term{same} %was "identical". -kmp 27-Jul-93
|
|
|
+ \term{object}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CompilationTerms.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{code} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ any representation of actions to be performed, whether conceptual
|
|
|
+ or as an actual \term{object}, such as
|
|
|
+ \term{forms},
|
|
|
+ \term{lambda expressions},
|
|
|
+ \term{objects} of \term{type} \term{function},
|
|
|
+ text in a \term{source file},
|
|
|
+ or instruction sequences in a \term{compiled file}.
|
|
|
+ This is a generic term;
|
|
|
+ the specific nature of the representation depends on its context.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ a \term{character code}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{coerce} \TransitiveVerb\ (an \term{object} to a \term{type})
|
|
|
+ to produce an \term{object} from the given \term{object},
|
|
|
+ without modifying that \term{object},
|
|
|
+ by following some set of coercion rules that must be specifically
|
|
|
+ stated for any context in which this term is used.
|
|
|
+ The resulting \term{object} is necessarily of the indicated \term{type},
|
|
|
+ except when that type is a \subtypeof{complex}; in that case,
|
|
|
+ if a \term{complex rational} with an imaginary part of zero would result,
|
|
|
+ the result is a \term{rational}
|
|
|
+ rather than a \term{complex}---\seesection\RuleOfCanonRepForComplexRationals.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{colon} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is called ``colon'' (\f{:}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{comma} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is called ``comma'' (\f{,}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compilation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the process of \term{compiling} \term{code} by the \term{compiler}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Needs to acknowledge the interpreter in case of lazy semantic processing.
|
|
|
+\gentry{compilation environment} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. An \term{environment} that represents information known by the
|
|
|
+ \term{compiler} about a \term{form} that is being \term{compiled}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CompilationTerms.
|
|
|
+ 2. An \term{object} that represents the
|
|
|
+ \term{compilation environment}\meaning{1}
|
|
|
+ and that is used as a second argument to a \term{macro function}
|
|
|
+ (which supplies a \term{value} for any \keyref{environment} \term{parameter}
|
|
|
+ in the \term{macro function}'s definition).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compilation unit} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an interval during which a single unit of compilation is occurring.
|
|
|
+ \Seemac{with-compilation-unit}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compile} \TransitiveVerb\
|
|
|
+ 1. (\term{code})
|
|
|
+ to perform semantic preprocessing of the \term{code}, usually optimizing
|
|
|
+ one or more qualities of the code, such as run-time speed of \term{execution}
|
|
|
+ or run-time storage usage. The minimum semantic requirements of compilation are
|
|
|
+ that it must remove all macro calls and arrange for all \term{load time values}
|
|
|
+ to be resolved prior to run time.
|
|
|
+ 2. (a \term{function})
|
|
|
+ to produce a new \term{object} \oftype{compiled-function}
|
|
|
+ which represents the result of \term{compiling} the \term{code}
|
|
|
+ represented by the \term{function}. \Seefun{compile}.
|
|
|
+ 3. (a \term{source file})
|
|
|
+ to produce a \term{compiled file} from a \term{source file}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{compile-file}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compile time} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the duration of time that the \term{compiler} is processing \term{source code}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compile-time definition} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a definition in the \term{compilation environment}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compiled code} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. \term{compiled functions}.
|
|
|
+ 2. \term{code} that represents \term{compiled functions},
|
|
|
+ such as the contents of a \term{compiled file}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compiled file} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{file} which represents the results of \term{compiling} the
|
|
|
+ \term{forms} which appeared in a corresponding \term{source file},
|
|
|
+ and which can be \term{loaded}. \Seefun{compile-file}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{COMPILED-FUNCTION-REQUIREMENTS:TIGHTEN}
|
|
|
+\gentry{compiled function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{compiled-function}, which is a \term{function}
|
|
|
+ that has been \term{compiled}, which contains no references to \term{macros} that
|
|
|
+ must be expanded at run time, and which contains no unresolved references
|
|
|
+ to \term{load time values}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{COMPILED-FUNCTION-REQUIREMENTS:TIGHTEN}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compiler} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a facility that is part of Lisp and that translates \term{code}
|
|
|
+ into an \term{implementation-dependent} form
|
|
|
+ that might be represented or \term{executed} efficiently.
|
|
|
+ The functions \funref{compile} and \funref{compile-file}
|
|
|
+ permit programs to invoke the \term{compiler}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{DEFINE-COMPILER-MACRO:X3J13-NOV89}
|
|
|
+\gentry{compiler macro} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an auxiliary macro definition for a globally defined \term{function}
|
|
|
+ or \term{macro} which might or might not be called by any given
|
|
|
+ \term{conforming implementation} and which must preserve the semantics
|
|
|
+ of the globally defined \term{function} or \term{macro} but which might
|
|
|
+ perform some additional optimizations. (Unlike a \term{macro},
|
|
|
+ a \term{compiler macro} does not extend the syntax of \clisp; rather, it
|
|
|
+ provides an alternate implementation strategy for some existing syntax
|
|
|
+ or functionality.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compiler macro expansion} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. the process of translating a \term{form} into another \term{form}
|
|
|
+ by a \term{compiler macro}.
|
|
|
+ 2. the \term{form} resulting from this process.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compiler macro form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function form} or \term{macro form} whose \term{operator}
|
|
|
+ has a definition as a \term{compiler macro},
|
|
|
+ or a \funref{funcall} \term{form} whose first \term{argument} is a
|
|
|
+ \specref{function} \term{form} whose \term{argument} is the \term{name}
|
|
|
+ of a \term{function} that has a definition as a \term{compiler macro}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compiler macro function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} of two arguments, a \term{form} and an
|
|
|
+ \term{environment}, that implements \term{compiler macro expansion} by
|
|
|
+ producing either a \term{form} to be used in place of the original
|
|
|
+ argument \term{form} or else \nil, indicating that the original \term{form}
|
|
|
+ should not be replaced. \Seesection\CompilerMacros.
|
|
|
+\endissue{DEFINE-COMPILER-MACRO:X3J13-NOV89}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{complex} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{complex}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{complex float} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{complex} which has a \term{complex part type}
|
|
|
+ that is a \term{subtype} of \typeref{float}.
|
|
|
+ A \term{complex float} is a \term{complex},
|
|
|
+ but it is not a \term{float}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{complex part type} \Noun\ (of a \term{complex})
|
|
|
+ 1. the \term{type} which is used to represent both the real part
|
|
|
+ and the imaginary part of the \term{complex}.
|
|
|
+ 2. the \term{actual complex part type} of the \term{complex}.
|
|
|
+ 3. the \term{expressed complex part type} of the \term{complex}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{complex rational} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{complex} which has a \term{complex part type}
|
|
|
+ that is a \term{subtype} of \typeref{rational}.
|
|
|
+ A \term{complex rational} is a \term{complex}, but it is not a \term{rational}.
|
|
|
+ No \term{complex rational} has an imaginary part of zero because such a
|
|
|
+ number is always represented by \clisp\ as an \term{object} \oftype{rational};
|
|
|
+ \seesection\RuleOfCanonRepForComplexRationals.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{complex single float} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{complex} which has a \term{complex part type}
|
|
|
+ that is a \term{subtype} of \typeref{single-float}.
|
|
|
+ A \term{complex single float} is a \term{complex},
|
|
|
+ but it is not a \term{single float}.
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+
|
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+\gentry{composite stream} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{stream} that is composed of one or more other \term{streams}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\funref{make-synonym-stream} creates a composite stream.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{compound form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{non-empty} \term{list} which is a \term{form}:
|
|
|
+ a \term{special form},
|
|
|
+ a \term{lambda form},
|
|
|
+ a \term{macro form},
|
|
|
+ or a \term{function form}.
|
|
|
+
|
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+\gentry{compound type specifier} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{type specifier} that is a \term{cons};
|
|
|
+ \ie a \term{type specifier} that is not an \term{atomic type specifier}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\f{(vector single-float)} is a compound type specifier.}
|
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|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{concatenated stream} \Noun\
|
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|
+ an \term{input} \term{stream} \oftype{concatenated-stream}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
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+\gentry{condition} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. an \term{object} which represents a \term{situation}---usually,
|
|
|
+ but not necessarily, during \term{signaling}.
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|
|
+ 2. an \term{object} \oftype{condition}.
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+
|
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+\gentry{condition designator} \Noun\
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|
|
+ one or more \term{objects} that, taken together,
|
|
|
+ denote either an existing \term{condition} \term{object}
|
|
|
+ or a \term{condition} \term{object} to be implicitly created.
|
|
|
+ For details, \seesection\ConditionDesignators.
|
|
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+
|
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+\gentry{condition handler} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} that might be invoked by the act of \term{signaling},
|
|
|
+ that receives the \term{condition} being signaled as its only argument,
|
|
|
+ and that is permitted to \term{handle} the \term{condition}
|
|
|
+ or to \term{decline}. \Seesection\Signaling.
|
|
|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{condition reporter} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} that describes how a \term{condition} is to be printed
|
|
|
+ when the \term{Lisp printer} is invoked while \varref{*print-escape*}
|
|
|
+ is \term{false}. \Seesection\PrintingConditions.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{conditional newline} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a point in output where a \term{newline} might be inserted at the
|
|
|
+ discretion of the \term{pretty printer}.
|
|
|
+ There are four kinds of \term{conditional newlines},
|
|
|
+ called ``linear-style,''
|
|
|
+ ``fill-style,''
|
|
|
+ ``miser-style,''
|
|
|
+ and ``mandatory-style.''
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{pprint-newline} and \secref\DynamicControlofOutput.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{conformance} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a state achieved by proper and complete adherence to the requirements
|
|
|
+ of this specification. \Seesection\Conformance.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{conforming code} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{code} that is all of part of a \term{conforming program}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{conforming implementation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{implementation}, used to emphasize complete and correct
|
|
|
+ adherance to all conformance criteria.
|
|
|
+ A \term{conforming implementation} is capable of
|
|
|
+ accepting a \term{conforming program} as input,
|
|
|
+ preparing that \term{program} for \term{execution},
|
|
|
+ and executing the prepared \term{program} in accordance with this specification.
|
|
|
+ An \term{implementation} which
|
|
|
+ has been extended may still be a \term{conforming implementation}
|
|
|
+ provided that no extension interferes with the correct function of any
|
|
|
+ \term{conforming program}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{conforming processor} \Noun\ \ANSI\
|
|
|
+ a \term{conforming implementation}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{conforming program} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{program}, used to emphasize the fact that the \term{program}
|
|
|
+ depends for its correctness only upon documented aspects of \clisp, and
|
|
|
+ can therefore be expected to run correctly in any \term{conforming implementation}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{congruent} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ conforming to the rules of \term{lambda list} congruency, as detailed in
|
|
|
+ \secref\GFMethodLambdaListCongruency.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{cons} \Noun\Verb\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Noun\ a compound data \term{object} having two components called the
|
|
|
+ \term{car} and the \term{cdr}.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Verb\ to create such an \term{object}.
|
|
|
+ 3. \Verb\ \Idiomatic\ to create any \term{object}, or to allocate storage.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{constant} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{constant form}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{constant variable}.
|
|
|
+ 3. a \term{constant object}.
|
|
|
+ 4. a \term{self-evaluating object}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{constant form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ any \term{form}
|
|
|
+ for which \term{evaluation} always \term{yields} the same \term{value},
|
|
|
+ that neither affects nor is affected by the \term{environment}
|
|
|
+ in which it is \term{evaluated} (except that it is permitted to
|
|
|
+ refer to the names of \term{constant variables}
|
|
|
+ defined in the \term{environment}),
|
|
|
+ and
|
|
|
+ that neither affects nor is affected by the state of any \term{object}
|
|
|
+ except those \term{objects} that are \term{otherwise inaccessible parts}
|
|
|
+ of \term{objects} created by the \term{form} itself.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{A \funref{car} form in which the argument is a
|
|
|
+ \specref{quote} form is a constant form.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{constant object} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that is constrained (\eg by its context in a \term{program}
|
|
|
+ or by the source from which it was obtained) to be \term{immutable}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{A literal object that has been processed by \funref{compile-file}
|
|
|
+ is a constant object.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{constant variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{variable}, the \term{value} of which can never change;
|
|
|
+ that is, a \term{keyword}\meaning{1} or a \term{named constant}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The symbols \t, \nil, \kwd{direction}, and
|
|
|
+ \conref{most-positive-fixnum}\ are constant variables.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{constituent} \Noun, \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. a. \Noun\ the \term{syntax type} of a \term{character} that is part of a \term{token}.
|
|
|
+ For details, \seesection\ConstituentChars.
|
|
|
+ b. \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ having the \term{constituent}\meaning{1a} \term{syntax type}\meaning{2}.
|
|
|
+ c. \Noun\ a \term{constituent}\meaning{1b} \term{character}.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Noun\ (of a \term{composite stream})
|
|
|
+ one of possibly several \term{objects} that collectively comprise
|
|
|
+ the source or sink of that \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{constituent trait} \Noun\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ one of several classifications of a \term{constituent} \term{character}
|
|
|
+ in a \term{readtable}. \Seesection\ConstituentChars.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{constructed stream} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{stream} whose source or sink is a Lisp \term{object}.
|
|
|
+ Note that since a \term{stream} is another Lisp \term{object},
|
|
|
+ \term{composite streams} are considered \term{constructed streams}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{A string stream is a constructed stream.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{contagion} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a process whereby operations on \term{objects} of differing \term{types}
|
|
|
+ (\eg arithmetic on mixed \term{types} of \term{numbers}) produce a result
|
|
|
+ whose \term{type} is controlled by the dominance of one \term{argument}'s
|
|
|
+ \term{type} over the \term{types} of the other \term{arguments}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\NumericContagionRules.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{continuable} \Noun\ (of an \term{error})
|
|
|
+ an \term{error} that is \term{correctable} by the \f{continue} restart.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{control form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{form} that establishes one or more places to which control
|
|
|
+ can be transferred.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{form} that transfers control.
|
|
|
+% Moon says he can't think of any form which doesn't match this:
|
|
|
+% 3. a \term{form} from which control can be transferred.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{copy} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{cons} $C$)
|
|
|
+ a \term{fresh} \term{cons} with the \term{same} \term{car} and \term{cdr} as $C$.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{list} $L$)
|
|
|
+ a \term{fresh} \term{list} with the \term{same} \term{elements} as $L$.
|
|
|
+ (Only the \term{list structure} is \term{fresh};
|
|
|
+ the \term{elements} are the \term{same}.)
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{copy-list}.
|
|
|
+ 3. (of an \term{association list} $A$ with \term{elements} $A\sub{i}$)
|
|
|
+ a \term{fresh} \term{list} $B$ with \term{elements} $B\sub{i}$, each of which is
|
|
|
+ \nil\ if $A\sub i$ is \nil, or else a \term{copy} of the \term{cons} $A\sub i$.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{copy-alist}.
|
|
|
+ 4. (of a \term{tree} $T$)
|
|
|
+ a \term{fresh} \term{tree} with the \term{same} \term{leaves} as $T$.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{copy-tree}.
|
|
|
+ 5. (of a \term{random state} $R$)
|
|
|
+ a \term{fresh} \term{random state} that, if used as an argument to
|
|
|
+ to \thefunction{random} would produce the same series of ``random''
|
|
|
+ values as $R$ would produce.
|
|
|
+\issue{DEFSTRUCT-COPIER:ARGUMENT-TYPE}
|
|
|
+ 6. (of a \term{structure} $S$)
|
|
|
+ a \term{fresh} \term{structure} that has the same \term{type} as $S$,
|
|
|
+ and that has slot values, each of which is the \term{same} as the
|
|
|
+ corresponding slot value of $S$.
|
|
|
+\endissue{DEFSTRUCT-COPIER:ARGUMENT-TYPE}
|
|
|
+%% Proposed:
|
|
|
+% 7. (of an \term{array} $A\sub 1$)
|
|
|
+% a \term{fresh} \term{array} $A\sub 2$
|
|
|
+% with the same \term{array element type} as $A\sub 1$
|
|
|
+% and the \term{same} \term{active} \term{elements} as $A\sub 1$.
|
|
|
+% 8. (of a \term{readtable} $R\sub 1$)
|
|
|
+% a \term{fresh} \term{readtable} $R\sub 2$
|
|
|
+% that has the same \term{readtable case} as $R\sub 1$
|
|
|
+% and whose associations between \term{macro characters}
|
|
|
+% and their \term{reader macro functions}
|
|
|
+% are distinct from those of $R\sub 1$.
|
|
|
+%
|
|
|
+ (Note that since the difference between a \term{cons}, a \term{list},
|
|
|
+ and a \term{tree} is a matter of ``view'' or ``intention,'' there can
|
|
|
+ be no general-purpose \term{function} which, based solely on the \term{type}
|
|
|
+ of an \term{object}, can determine which of these distinct meanings is
|
|
|
+ intended. The distinction rests solely on the basis of the text description
|
|
|
+ within this document. For example, phrases like ``a \term{copy} of the
|
|
|
+ given \term{list}'' or ``copy of the \term{list} \param{x}'' imply the
|
|
|
+ second definition.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{correctable} \Adjective\ (of an \term{error})
|
|
|
+ 1. (by a \term{restart} other than \misc{abort}
|
|
|
+ that has been associated with the \term{error})
|
|
|
+ capable of being corrected by invoking that \term{restart}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{cerror} signals an error
|
|
|
+ that is correctable by the \misc{continue} \term{restart}.}
|
|
|
+\issue{CONDITION-RESTARTS:PERMIT-ASSOCIATION}
|
|
|
+ (Note that correctability is not a property of an
|
|
|
+ \term{error} \term{object}, but rather a property of the
|
|
|
+ \term{dynamic environment} that is in effect when the
|
|
|
+ \term{error} is \term{signaled}.
|
|
|
+ Specifically, the \term{restart} is ``associated with''
|
|
|
+ the \term{error} \term{condition} \term{object}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\AssocRestartWithCond.)
|
|
|
+\endissue{CONDITION-RESTARTS:PERMIT-ASSOCIATION}
|
|
|
+ 2. (when no specific \term{restart} is mentioned)
|
|
|
+ \term{correctable}\meaning{1} by at least one \term{restart}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\funref{import} signals a correctable error \oftype{package-error}
|
|
|
+ if any of the imported symbols has the same name as
|
|
|
+ some distinct symbol already accessible in the package.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{current input base} \Noun\ (in a \term{dynamic environment})
|
|
|
+ the \term{radix} that is \thevalueof{*read-base*} in that \term{environment},
|
|
|
+ and that is the default \term{radix} employed by the \term{Lisp reader}
|
|
|
+ and its related \term{functions}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{current logical block} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the context of the innermost lexically enclosing use of \macref{pprint-logical-block}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{current output base} \Noun\ (in a \term{dynamic environment})
|
|
|
+ the \term{radix} that is \thevalueof{*print-base*} in that \term{environment},
|
|
|
+ and that is the default \term{radix} employed by the \term{Lisp printer}
|
|
|
+ and its related \term{functions}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{current package} \Noun\ (in a \term{dynamic environment})
|
|
|
+ the \term{package} that is \thevalueof{*package*} in that \term{environment},
|
|
|
+ and that is the default \term{package} employed by the \term{Lisp reader}
|
|
|
+ and \term{Lisp printer}, and their related \term{functions}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% Added for consistency with other "current xxx" terms. -kmp 27-Aug-93
|
|
|
+\gentry{current pprint dispatch table} \Noun\ (in a \term{dynamic environment})
|
|
|
+ the \term{pprint dispatch table} that is \thevalueof{*print-pprint-dispatch*}
|
|
|
+ in that \term{environment}, and that is the default \term{pprint dispatch table}
|
|
|
+ employed by the \term{pretty printer}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{current random state} \Noun\ (in a \term{dynamic environment})
|
|
|
+ the \term{random state} that is \thevalueof{*random-state*} in that \term{environment},
|
|
|
+ and that is the default \term{random state} employed by \funref{random}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{current readtable} \Noun\ (in a \term{dynamic environment})
|
|
|
+ the \term{readtable} that is \thevalueof{*readtable*} in that \term{environment},
|
|
|
+ and that affects the way in which \term{expressions}\meaning{2} are parsed
|
|
|
+ into \term{objects} by the \term{Lisp reader}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{D}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{data type} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ a \term{type}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{debug I/O} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{bidirectional} \term{stream}
|
|
|
+ that is the \term{value} of \thevariable{*debug-io*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{debugger} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a facility that allows the \term{user} to handle a \term{condition} interactively.
|
|
|
+ For example, the \term{debugger} might permit interactive
|
|
|
+ selection of a \term{restart} from among the \term{active} \term{restarts},
|
|
|
+ and it might perform additional \term{implementation-defined} services
|
|
|
+ for the purposes of debugging.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{declaration} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{global declaration} or \term{local declaration}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{declaration identifier} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ one of the \term{symbols}
|
|
|
+ \declref{declaration},
|
|
|
+ \declref{dynamic-extent},
|
|
|
+ \declref{ftype},
|
|
|
+ \declref{function},
|
|
|
+ \declref{ignore},
|
|
|
+ \declref{inline},
|
|
|
+ \declref{notinline},
|
|
|
+ \declref{optimize},
|
|
|
+ \declref{special},
|
|
|
+ or \declref{type};
|
|
|
+ or a \term{symbol} which is the \term{name} of a \term{type};
|
|
|
+ or a \term{symbol} which has been \term{declared}
|
|
|
+ to be a \term{declaration identifier} by using a \declref{declaration}
|
|
|
+ \term{declaration}.
|
|
|
+\issue{SYNTACTIC-ENVIRONMENT-ACCESS:RETRACTED-MAR91}
|
|
|
+% or by using \funref{define-declaration}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{SYNTACTIC-ENVIRONMENT-ACCESS:RETRACTED-MAR91}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{declaration specifier} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{expression} that can appear at top level of a \misc{declare}
|
|
|
+ expression or a \macref{declaim} form, or as the argument to \funref{proclaim},
|
|
|
+ and which has a \term{car} which is a \term{declaration identifier},
|
|
|
+ and which has a \term{cdr} that is data interpreted according to rules
|
|
|
+ specific to the \term{declaration identifier}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{declare} \Verb\
|
|
|
+ to \term{establish} a \term{declaration}.
|
|
|
+ \Seemisc{declare}, \macref{declaim}, or \funref{proclaim}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{decline} \Verb\ (of a \term{handler})
|
|
|
+ to return normally without having \term{handled} the \term{condition}
|
|
|
+ being \term{signaled}, permitting the signaling process to continue
|
|
|
+ as if the \term{handler} had not been present.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{decoded time} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{absolute} \term{time}, represented as an ordered series of
|
|
|
+ nine \term{objects} which, taken together, form a description of
|
|
|
+ a point in calendar time, accurate to the nearest second (except
|
|
|
+ that \term{leap seconds} are ignored).
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\DecodedTime.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{default method} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{method} having no \term{parameter specializers} other than
|
|
|
+ \theclass{t}. Such a \term{method} is always an \term{applicable method}
|
|
|
+ but might be \term{shadowed}\meaning{2} by a more specific \term{method}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{defaulted initialization argument list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{list} of alternating initialization argument \term{names} and
|
|
|
+ \term{values} in which unsupplied initialization arguments are
|
|
|
+ defaulted, used in the protocol for initializing and reinitializing
|
|
|
+ \term{instances} of \term{classes}.
|
|
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+
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+% This is new per Barrett #3 (first public review). -kmp 12-May-93
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+\gentry{define-method-combination arguments lambda list} \Noun\
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|
+ a \term{lambda list} used by the \kwd{arguments} option
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|
|
+ to \macref{define-method-combination}.
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|
|
+ \Seesection\DefMethCombArgsLambdaLists.
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+
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+% This is new. --sjl 5 Mar 92
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+\gentry{define-modify-macro lambda list} \Noun\
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|
+ a \term{lambda list} used by \macref{define-modify-macro}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\DefineModifyMacroLambdaLists.
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|
+
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+\gentry{defined name} \Noun\
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|
+ a \term{symbol} the meaning of which is defined by \clisp.
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|
+
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+\gentry{defining form} \Noun\
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|
+ a \term{form} that has the side-effect of \term{establishing} a definition.
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|
+ \gexample{\macref{defun} and \macref{defparameter} are defining forms.}
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+
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+\gentry{defsetf lambda list} \Noun\
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|
+ a \term{lambda list} that is like an \term{ordinary lambda list}
|
|
|
+ except that it does not permit \keyref{aux}
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|
|
+ and that it permits use of \keyref{environment}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\DefsetfLambdaLists.
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|
+
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|
+\issue{DEFTYPE-KEY:ALLOW}
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|
|
+\issue{DEFTYPE-DESTRUCTURING:YES}
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|
+\gentry{deftype lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{lambda list} that is like a \term{macro lambda list}
|
|
|
+ except that the default \term{value} for unsupplied \term{optional parameters}
|
|
|
+ and \term{keyword parameters} is the \term{symbol} \misc{*} (rather than \nil).
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\DeftypeLambdaLists.
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|
|
+\endissue{DEFTYPE-DESTRUCTURING:YES}
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|
+\endissue{DEFTYPE-KEY:ALLOW}
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+
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+\gentry{denormalized} \Adjective, \ANSI, \IEEE\ (of a \term{float})
|
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|
+ conforming to the description of ``denormalized'' as described by
|
|
|
+ {\IEEEFloatingPoint}.
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|
+ For example, in an \term{implementation} where the minimum possible exponent
|
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+ was \f{-7} but where \f{0.001} was a valid mantissa, the number \f{1.0e-10}
|
|
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+ might be representable as \f{0.001e-7} internally even if the \term{normalized}
|
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+ representation would call for it to be represented instead as \f{1.0e-10}
|
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|
+ or \f{0.1e-9}. By their nature, \term{denormalized} \term{floats} generally
|
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|
+ have less precision than \term{normalized} \term{floats}.
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+
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+\gentry{derived type} \Noun\
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|
+ a \term{type specifier} which is defined in terms of an expansion into another
|
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|
+ \term{type specifier}. \macref{deftype} defines \term{derived types},
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|
+ and there may be other \term{implementation-defined} \term{operators}
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|
+ which do so as well.
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+
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+\gentry{derived type specifier} \Noun\
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|
+ a \term{type specifier} for a \term{derived type}.
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+
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+\gentry{designator} \Noun\
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|
+ an \term{object} that denotes another \term{object}.
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|
+ In the dictionary entry for an \term{operator}
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|
+ if a \term{parameter} is described as a \term{designator} for a \term{type},
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+ the description of the \term{operator} is written in a way
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+ that assumes that appropriate coercion to that \term{type} has already occurred;
|
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+ that is, that the \term{parameter} is already of the denoted \term{type}.
|
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|
+ For more detailed information, \seesection\Designators.
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+
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|
+\gentry{destructive} \Adjective\ (of an \term{operator})
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|
+ capable of modifying some program-visible aspect of one or more
|
|
|
+ \term{objects} that are either explicit \term{arguments} to the
|
|
|
+ \term{operator} or that can be obtained directly or indirectly
|
|
|
+ from the \term{global environment} by the \term{operator}.
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|
+
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|
+% This is new. --sjl 5 Mar 92
|
|
|
+\gentry{destructuring lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{extended lambda list} used in \macref{destructuring-bind} and
|
|
|
+ nested within \term{macro lambda lists}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\DestructuringLambdaLists.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{different} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ not the \term{same}
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The strings \f{"FOO"} and \f{"foo"} are different under
|
|
|
+ \funref{equal} but not under \funref{equalp}.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{digit} \Noun\ (in a \term{radix})
|
|
|
+ a \term{character} that is among the possible digits (\f{0} to \f{9},
|
|
|
+ \f{A} to \f{Z}, and \f{a} to \f{z}) and that is defined to have an
|
|
|
+ associated numeric weight as a digit in that \term{radix}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\Digits.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{dimension} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a non-negative \term{integer} indicating the number of
|
|
|
+ \term{objects} an \term{array} can hold along one axis.
|
|
|
+ If the \term{array} is a \term{vector} with a \term{fill pointer},
|
|
|
+ the \term{fill pointer} is ignored.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The second dimension of that array is 7.}
|
|
|
+ 2. an axis of an array.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{This array has six dimensions.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{direct instance} \Noun\ (of a \term{class} $C$)
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} whose \term{class} is $C$ itself,
|
|
|
+ rather than some \term{subclass} of $C$.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{make-instance} always returns a
|
|
|
+ direct instance of the class which is (or is named by)
|
|
|
+ its first argument.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{direct subclass} \Noun\ (of a \term{class} $C\sub{1}$)
|
|
|
+ a \term{class} $C\sub{2}$,
|
|
|
+ such that $C\sub{1}$ is a \term{direct superclass} of $C\sub{2}$.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{direct superclass} \Noun\ (of a \term{class} $C\sub{1}$)
|
|
|
+ a \term{class} $C\sub{2}$ which was explicitly designated as
|
|
|
+ a \term{superclass} of $C\sub{1}$ in the definition of $C\sub{1}$.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{disestablish} \TransitiveVerb\
|
|
|
+ to withdraw the \term{establishment} of
|
|
|
+ an \term{object},
|
|
|
+ a \term{binding},
|
|
|
+ an \term{exit point},
|
|
|
+ a \term{tag},
|
|
|
+ a \term{handler},
|
|
|
+ a \term{restart},
|
|
|
+ or an \term{environment}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{disjoint} \Noun\ (of \term{types})
|
|
|
+ having no \term{elements} in common.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{dispatching macro character} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{macro character} that has an associated table that specifies
|
|
|
+ the \term{function} to be called for each \term{character} that is
|
|
|
+ seen following the \term{dispatching macro character}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{make-dispatch-macro-character}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{displaced array} \Noun\
|
|
|
+%Alternatively (from an old definition of make-array):
|
|
|
+% ...an indirect or shared \term{array} that shares its contents...
|
|
|
+ an \term{array} which has no storage of its own, but which is instead
|
|
|
+ indirected to the storage of another \term{array}, called its
|
|
|
+ \term{target}, at a specified offset, in such a way that any attempt
|
|
|
+ to \term{access} the \term{displaced array} implicitly references the
|
|
|
+ \term{target} \term{array}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{distinct} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ not \term{identical}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{documentation string} \Noun\ (in a defining \term{form})
|
|
|
+ A \term{literal} \term{string} which because of the context in which
|
|
|
+ it appears (rather than because of some intrinsically observable
|
|
|
+ aspect of the \term{string}) is taken as documentation.
|
|
|
+ In some cases, the \term{documentation string} is saved in such a
|
|
|
+ way that it can later be obtained by supplying either an \term{object},
|
|
|
+ or by supplying a \term{name} and a ``kind'' to \thefunction{documentation}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The body of code in a \macref{defmacro} form can be preceded
|
|
|
+ by a documentation string of kind \misc{function}.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{dot} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``full stop,''
|
|
|
+ ``period,''
|
|
|
+ or ``dot'' (\f{.}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%Maybe separate into adjective so we can say "(possibly dotted) list" etc. -kmp 7-May-91
|
|
|
+\gentry{dotted list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{list} which has a terminating \term{atom} that is not \nil.
|
|
|
+ (An \term{atom} by itself is not a \term{dotted list}, however.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{dotted pair} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{cons} whose \term{cdr} is a \term{non-list}.
|
|
|
+ 2. any \term{cons}, used to emphasize the use of the \term{cons}
|
|
|
+ as a symmetric data pair.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{double float} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{double-float}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{double-quote} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``quotation mark''
|
|
|
+ or ``double quote'' (\f{"}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{dynamic binding} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{binding} in a \term{dynamic environment}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{dynamic environment} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ that part of an \term{environment} that contains \term{bindings}
|
|
|
+ with \term{dynamic extent}. A \term{dynamic environment} contains,
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: This phrase ["among other things"] always scares me. Is it necessary?
|
|
|
+ among other things:
|
|
|
+ \term{exit points} established by \specref{unwind-protect},
|
|
|
+ and
|
|
|
+ \term{bindings} of
|
|
|
+ \term{dynamic variables},
|
|
|
+ \term{exit points} established by \specref{catch},
|
|
|
+ \term{condition handlers},
|
|
|
+ and
|
|
|
+ \term{restarts}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%%!!! The CLIM folks want to be able to say:
|
|
|
+%% ``the parameter x has dynamic extent''
|
|
|
+%% and have it imply that:
|
|
|
+%% (a) ``the implementation of the indicated function
|
|
|
+%% may declare the argument to be dynamic extent''
|
|
|
+%% and
|
|
|
+%% (b) ``it is permissible to pass an object which was
|
|
|
+%% the value of a variable which had been declared dynamic extent''
|
|
|
+%% -kmp 30-Jan-92
|
|
|
+\gentry{dynamic extent} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{extent} whose duration is bounded by points of
|
|
|
+ \term{establishment} and \term{disestablishment} within the execution
|
|
|
+ of a particular \term{form}. \Seeterm{indefinite extent}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{Dynamic variable bindings have dynamic extent.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{dynamic scope} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{indefinite scope} along with \term{dynamic extent}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{dynamic variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{variable} the \term{binding} for which is in the \term{dynamic environment}.
|
|
|
+ \Seemisc{special}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{E}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{echo stream} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{stream} \oftype{echo-stream}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{effective method} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the combination of \term{applicable methods} that are executed
|
|
|
+ when a \term{generic function} is invoked with a particular sequence
|
|
|
+ of \term{arguments}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{element} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{list})
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that is the \term{car} of one of the \term{conses}
|
|
|
+ that comprise the \term{list}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that is stored in the \term{array}.
|
|
|
+ 3. (of a \term{sequence})
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that is an \term{element} of the \term{list} or \term{array}
|
|
|
+ that is the \term{sequence}.
|
|
|
+ 4. (of a \term{type})
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that is a member of the set of \term{objects}
|
|
|
+ designated by the \term{type}.
|
|
|
+ 5. (of an \term{input} \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ a \term{character} or \term{number} (as appropriate to the
|
|
|
+ \term{element type} of the \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ that is among the ordered series of \term{objects} that can be
|
|
|
+ read from the \term{stream} (using \funref{read-char} or \funref{read-byte},
|
|
|
+ as appropriate to the \term{stream}).
|
|
|
+ 6. (of an \term{output} \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ a \term{character} or \term{number} (as appropriate to the
|
|
|
+ \term{element type} of the \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ that is among the ordered series of \term{objects} that has been
|
|
|
+ or will be written to the \term{stream} (using \funref{write-char}
|
|
|
+ or \funref{write-byte}, as appropriate to the \term{stream}).
|
|
|
+ 7. (of a \term{class}) a \term{generalized instance} of the \term{class}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{element type} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of an \term{array}) the \term{array element type} of the \term{array}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{stream}) the \term{stream element type} of the \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{em} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ a context-dependent unit of measure commonly used in typesetting,
|
|
|
+ equal to the displayed width of of a letter ``M'' in the current font.
|
|
|
+ (The letter ``M'' is traditionally chosen because it is typically
|
|
|
+ represented by the widest \term{glyph} in the font, and other characters'
|
|
|
+ widths are typically fractions of an \term{em}. In implementations providing
|
|
|
+ non-Roman characters with wider characters than ``M,'' it is permissible
|
|
|
+ for another character to be the \term{implementation-defined} reference character
|
|
|
+ for this measure, and for ``M'' to be only a fraction of an \term{em}
|
|
|
+ wide.)
|
|
|
+ In a fixed width font, a line with \i{n} characters is \i{n}
|
|
|
+ \term{ems} wide; in a variable width font, \i{n} \term{ems} is the
|
|
|
+ expected upper bound on the width of such a line.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{empty list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{list} containing no \term{elements}. \Seeterm{()}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{empty type} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{type} that contains no \term{elements}, and that is
|
|
|
+ a \term{subtype} of all \term{types} (including itself).
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{nil}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{end of file} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. the point in an \term{input} \term{stream} beyond which there is
|
|
|
+ no further data.
|
|
|
+ Whether or not there is such a point on an \term{interactive stream}
|
|
|
+ is \term{implementation-defined}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{situation} that occurs upon an attempt to obtain data from an
|
|
|
+ \term{input stream} that is at the \term{end of file}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%% This might be handy sometime...
|
|
|
+%
|
|
|
+% \gentry{end of line} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% the termination of a line of text,
|
|
|
+% whether by a \term{newline} or an \term{end of file}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{environment} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a set of \term{bindings}. \Seesection\IntroToEnvs.
|
|
|
+ 2. an \term{environment object}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\funref{macroexpand} takes an optional environment argument.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{environment object} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} representing a set of \term{lexical bindings},
|
|
|
+ used in the processing of a \term{form} to provide meanings for
|
|
|
+ \term{names} within that \term{form}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\funref{macroexpand} takes an optional environment argument.}
|
|
|
+ (The \term{object} \nil\ when used as an \term{environment object}
|
|
|
+ denotes the \term{null lexical environment};
|
|
|
+ the \term{values} of \term{environment parameters}
|
|
|
+ to \term{macro functions} are \term{objects}
|
|
|
+ of \term{implementation-dependent} nature which represent the
|
|
|
+ \term{environment}\meaning{1} in which the corresponding \term{macro form}
|
|
|
+ is to be expanded.)
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\EnvObjs.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{environment parameter} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A \term{parameter} in a \term{defining form} $f$ for which there is no corresponding
|
|
|
+ \term{argument}; instead, this \term{parameter} receives as its value an
|
|
|
+ \term{environment} \term{object} which corresponds to the
|
|
|
+ \term{lexical environment} in which the \term{defining form} $f$ appeared.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: I disagree with 1 and 2, "undefined consequences" /= "defined to signal an error"
|
|
|
+\gentry{error} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. (only in the phrase ``is an error'')
|
|
|
+ a \term{situation} in which the semantics of a program are not specified,
|
|
|
+ and in which the consequences are undefined.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{condition} which represents an \term{error} \term{situation}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\ErrorTerms.
|
|
|
+ 3. an \term{object} \oftype{error}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{error output} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{output} \term{stream} which is the \term{value} of the \term{dynamic variable}
|
|
|
+ \varref{*error-output*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{escape} \Noun, \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Noun\ a \term{single escape} or a \term{multiple escape}.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Adjective\ \term{single escape} or \term{multiple escape}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!!! RPG doesn't think this definition is really adequate,
|
|
|
+% especially for declarations.
|
|
|
+\gentry{establish} \TransitiveVerb\
|
|
|
+ to build or bring into being
|
|
|
+ a \term{binding},
|
|
|
+ a \term{declaration},
|
|
|
+ an \term{exit point},
|
|
|
+ a \term{tag},
|
|
|
+ a \term{handler},
|
|
|
+ a \term{restart},
|
|
|
+ or an \term{environment}.
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+ \gexample{\specref{let} establishes lexical bindings.}
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+
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+%% Experimental definition not installed. -kmp 26-Jan-92
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+% \gentry{establish} \TransitiveVerb\
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+% 1. (an \term{environment}) to build or bring into being.
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+% 2. (a \term{binding},
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+% a \term{declaration},
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+% an \term{exit point},
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+% a \term{tag},
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+% a \term{handler},
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+% a \term{restart})
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+% to \term{establish}\meaning{1} an augmented \term{environment}
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+% in which that entity is \term{active}, applicable, present, or visible.
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+% \gexample{\specref{let} establishes lexical bindings.}
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+
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+\gentry{evaluate} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{form} or an \term{implicit progn})
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+ to \term{execute} the \term{code} represented by the \term{form}
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+ (or the series of \term{forms} making up the \term{implicit progn})
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+ by applying the rules of \term{evaluation},
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+ returning zero or more values.
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+
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+\gentry{evaluation} \Noun\
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+ a model whereby \term{forms} are \term{executed}, returning zero or more values.
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+ Such execution might be implemented directly in one step by an interpreter
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+ or in two steps by first \term{compiling} the \term{form} and then
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+ \term{executing} the \term{compiled} \term{code}; this choice is
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+ dependent both on context and the nature of the \term{implementation},
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+ but in any case is not in general detectable by any program. The evaluation
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+ model is designed in such a way that a \term{conforming implementation}
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+ might legitimately have only a compiler and no interpreter, or vice versa.
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+ \Seesection\EvaluationModel.
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+
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+\gentry{evaluation environment} \Noun\
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+ a \term{run-time environment} in which macro expanders
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+ and code specified by \specref{eval-when} to be evaluated
|
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+ are evaluated. All evaluations initiated by the \term{compiler}
|
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+ take place in the \term{evaluation environment}.
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+
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+\gentry{execute} \TransitiveVerb\ \Traditional\ (\term{code})
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+ to perform the imperative actions represented by the \term{code}.
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+
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+\gentry{execution time} \Noun\
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|
+ the duration of time that \term{compiled code} is being \term{executed}.
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+
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+\gentry{exhaustive partition} \Noun\ (of a \term{type})
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+ a set of \term{pairwise} \term{disjoint} \term{types} that form an
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+ \term{exhaustive union}.
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+
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+\gentry{exhaustive union} \Noun\ (of a \term{type})
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+ a set of \term{subtypes} of the \term{type},
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+ whose union contains all \term{elements} of that \term{type}.
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+
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+\gentry{exit point} \Noun\
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+ a point in a \term{control form}
|
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+% Moon would remove this first phrase, but I think the phrases refer
|
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+% respectively to BLOCK, UNWIND-PROTECT, and TAGBODY. -kmp 14-Nov-91
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+ from which (\eg \specref{block}),
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+ through which (\eg \specref{unwind-protect}),
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+ or to which (\eg \specref{tagbody})
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+ control and possibly \term{values} can be transferred both actively by using
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+ another \term{control form} and passively through the normal control and
|
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+ data flow of \term{evaluation}.
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+ \gexample{\specref{catch} and \specref{block} establish bindings for
|
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+ exit points to which \specref{throw} and \specref{return-from},
|
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|
+ respectively, can transfer control and values;
|
|
|
+ \specref{tagbody} establishes a binding for an exit point
|
|
|
+ with lexical extent to which \specref{go} can transfer control;
|
|
|
+ and \specref{unwind-protect} establishes an exit point
|
|
|
+ through which control might be transferred by
|
|
|
+ operators such as \specref{throw}, \specref{return-from},
|
|
|
+ and \specref{go}.}
|
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|
+
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|
+\gentry{explicit return} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the act of transferring control (and possibly \term{values})
|
|
|
+ to a \term{block} by using \specref{return-from} (or \macref{return}).
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+
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+\gentry{explicit use} \Noun\ (of a \term{variable} $V$ in a \term{form} $F$)
|
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|
+ a reference to $V$ that is directly apparent in the normal semantics of $F$;
|
|
|
+ \ie that does not expose any undocumented details of the
|
|
|
+ \term{macro expansion} of the \term{form} itself.
|
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|
+ References to $V$ exposed by expanding \term{subforms} of $F$ are, however,
|
|
|
+ considered to be \term{explicit uses} of $V$.
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+
|
|
|
+%Barmar prefers "printed representation of" to "textual notation for"
|
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|
+\gentry{exponent marker} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a character that is used in the textual notation for a \term{float}
|
|
|
+ to separate the mantissa from the exponent.
|
|
|
+ The characters defined as \term{exponent markers} in the \term{standard readtable}
|
|
|
+ are shown in \thenextfigure.
|
|
|
+ For more information, \seesection\CharacterSyntax.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The exponent marker `d' in `3.0d7' indicates
|
|
|
+ that this number is to be represented as a double float.}
|
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|
+
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|
|
+\tablefigtwo{Exponent Markers}{Marker}{Meaning}{
|
|
|
+ \f{D} or \f{d} & \typeref{double-float} \cr
|
|
|
+ \f{E} or \f{e} & \typeref{float} (see \varref{*read-default-float-format*}) \cr
|
|
|
+ \f{F} or \f{f} & \typeref{single-float} \cr
|
|
|
+ \f{L} or \f{l} & \typeref{long-float} \cr
|
|
|
+ \f{S} or \f{s} & \typeref{short-float} \cr
|
|
|
+}
|
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+
|
|
|
+\gentry{export} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{symbol} in a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ to add the \term{symbol} to the list of \term{external symbols} of the
|
|
|
+ \term{package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{exported} \Adjective\ (of a \term{symbol} in a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ being an \term{external symbol} of the \term{package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{expressed adjustability} \Noun\ (of an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ a \term{generalized boolean} that is conceptually (but not necessarily actually)
|
|
|
+ associated with the \term{array}, representing whether the \term{array}
|
|
|
+ is \term{expressly adjustable}.
|
|
|
+ \SeetermAlso{actual adjustability}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{expressed array element type} \Noun\ (of an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ the \term{type} which is the \term{array element type}
|
|
|
+ implied by a \term{type declaration} for the \term{array},
|
|
|
+ or which is the requested \term{array element type} at its time
|
|
|
+ of creation, prior to any selection of an \term{upgraded array element type}.
|
|
|
+ (\clisp\ does not provide a way of detecting this \term{type}
|
|
|
+ directly at run time, but an \term{implementation} is permitted
|
|
|
+ to make assumptions about the \term{array}'s contents and
|
|
|
+ the operations which may be performed on the \term{array} when
|
|
|
+ this \term{type} is noted during code analysis, even if those
|
|
|
+ assumptions would not be valid in general for the
|
|
|
+ \term{upgraded array element type} of the
|
|
|
+ \term{expressed array element type}.)
|
|
|
+% KMP->Barmar:
|
|
|
+% You remarked that you think you can rely on array-element-type and
|
|
|
+% upgraded-xxx-type. This is intended to permit a compiler optimizer like:
|
|
|
+% (frob (make-array n :element-type '(unsigned-byte 13)))
|
|
|
+% to turn into
|
|
|
+% (si:frob-internal-signed-byte-13
|
|
|
+% (make-array n :element-type '(unsigned-byte 13)))
|
|
|
+% even though the implementation knows that (unsigned-byte 16) will really get
|
|
|
+% allocated, let's say. Moreover, the compiler should be permitted to warn about:
|
|
|
+% (defun foo (n)
|
|
|
+% (let ((x (make-array n :element-type '(unsigned-byte 2))))
|
|
|
+% (setf (aref x 0) 17.) ...))
|
|
|
+% It generally will not warn about:
|
|
|
+% (defun foo (n)
|
|
|
+% (bar (make-array n :element-type '(unsigned-byte 2))))
|
|
|
+% (defun bar (a)
|
|
|
+% (setf (aref x 0) 17.) ...)
|
|
|
+% I agree that it should never warn about:
|
|
|
+% (defun foo (n)
|
|
|
+% (let ((x (make-array n :element-type '(unsigned-byte 2))))
|
|
|
+% (when (type-equivalent-p (array-element-type x) 'fixnum)
|
|
|
+% (setf (aref x 0) 17.) ...)))
|
|
|
+% because this is portably guarded even if it behaves differently on the
|
|
|
+% different implementations to which it is ported.
|
|
|
+%
|
|
|
+% This makes it tough to do the optimization I'm referring to, but I don't
|
|
|
+% think that implementations which really properly check that the path is
|
|
|
+% clear between the allocation and the reference should be forbidden from
|
|
|
+% flagging an unconditional non-portability.
|
|
|
+%
|
|
|
+% Barmar:
|
|
|
+% You apparently understand the point I was making. If you can come up
|
|
|
+% with a concise way to phrase it in the definition of "declared XXX
|
|
|
+% type", that's all I was hoping for. If not, I don't think this is a
|
|
|
+% critical issue.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{expressed complex part type} \Noun\ (of a \term{complex})
|
|
|
+ the \term{type} which is implied as the \term{complex part type}
|
|
|
+ by a \term{type declaration} for the \term{complex},
|
|
|
+ or which is the requested \term{complex part type} at its time of
|
|
|
+ creation, prior to any selection of an \term{upgraded complex part type}.
|
|
|
+ (\clisp\ does not provide a way of detecting this \term{type}
|
|
|
+ directly at run time, but an \term{implementation} is permitted
|
|
|
+ to make assumptions about the operations which may be performed on
|
|
|
+ the \term{complex} when this \term{type} is noted during code
|
|
|
+ analysis, even if those assumptions would not be valid in general for
|
|
|
+ the \term{upgraded complex part type} of the
|
|
|
+ \term{expressed complex part type}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{expression} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. an \term{object}, often used to emphasize the use
|
|
|
+ of the \term{object} to encode or represent information in a specialized
|
|
|
+ format, such as program text.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The second expression in a \specref{let} form is a list
|
|
|
+ of bindings.}
|
|
|
+ 2. the textual notation used to notate an \term{object} in a source file.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The expression \f{'sample} is equivalent to \f{(quote sample)}.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{expressly adjustable} \Adjective\ (of an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ being \term{actually adjustable} by virtue of an explicit request for this
|
|
|
+ characteristic having been made at the time of its creation.
|
|
|
+ All \term{arrays} that are \term{expressly adjustable}
|
|
|
+ are \term{actually adjustable},
|
|
|
+ but not necessarily vice versa.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{extended character} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{character}
|
|
|
+\issue{CHARACTER-VS-CHAR:LESS-INCONSISTENT-SHORT}
|
|
|
+ \oftype{extended-char}:
|
|
|
+\endissue{CHARACTER-VS-CHAR:LESS-INCONSISTENT-SHORT}
|
|
|
+ a \term{character} that is not a \term{base character}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{extended function designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{function}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{function}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ a \term{function name} (denoting the \term{function} it names
|
|
|
+ in the \term{global environment}),
|
|
|
+ or a \term{function} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+ The consequences are undefined if
|
|
|
+ a \term{function name} is used as an
|
|
|
+ \term{extended function designator} but
|
|
|
+ it does not have a global definition as a \term{function},
|
|
|
+ or if it is a \term{symbol}
|
|
|
+ that has a global definition as a \term{macro} or a \term{special form}.
|
|
|
+ \SeetermAlso{function designator}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{extended lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a list resembling an \term{ordinary lambda list} in form and purpose, but
|
|
|
+ offering additional syntax or functionality not available in an
|
|
|
+ \term{ordinary lambda list}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\macref{defmacro} uses extended lambda lists.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{extension} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a facility in an \term{implementation} of \clisp\
|
|
|
+ that is not specified by this standard.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{extent} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the interval of time during which a \term{reference} to
|
|
|
+ an \term{object},
|
|
|
+ a \term{binding},
|
|
|
+ an \term{exit point},
|
|
|
+ a \term{tag},
|
|
|
+ a \term{handler},
|
|
|
+ a \term{restart},
|
|
|
+ or an \term{environment} is defined.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{external file format} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} of \term{implementation-dependent} nature which determines
|
|
|
+ one of possibly several \term{implementation-dependent} ways in which
|
|
|
+ \term{characters} are encoded externally in a \term{character} \term{file}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{external file format designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for an \term{external file format}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes an \term{external file format}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ the \term{symbol} \kwd{default}
|
|
|
+ (denoting an \term{implementation-dependent} default
|
|
|
+ \term{external file format} that can accomodate at least
|
|
|
+ the \term{base characters}),
|
|
|
+ some other \term{object} defined by the \term{implementation} to be
|
|
|
+ an \term{external file format designator}
|
|
|
+ (denoting an \term{implementation-defined} \term{external file format}),
|
|
|
+ or some other \term{object} defined by the \term{implementation} to be
|
|
|
+ an \term{external file format}
|
|
|
+ (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{external symbol} \Noun\ (of a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ a \term{symbol} that is part of the `external interface' to the \term{package}
|
|
|
+ and that are \term{inherited}\meaning{3} by any other \term{package}
|
|
|
+ that \term{uses} the \term{package}.
|
|
|
+ When using the \term{Lisp reader},
|
|
|
+ if a \term{package prefix} is used,
|
|
|
+ the \term{name} of an \term{external symbol} is separated
|
|
|
+ from the \term{package} \term{name} by a single \term{package marker}
|
|
|
+ while
|
|
|
+ the \term{name} of an \term{internal symbol} is separated
|
|
|
+ from the \term{package} \term{name} by a double \term{package marker};
|
|
|
+ \seesection\SymbolTokens.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{externalizable object} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that can be used as a \term{literal} \term{object}
|
|
|
+ in \term{code} to be processed by the \term{file compiler}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{F}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{false} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{symbol} \nil,
|
|
|
+ used to represent the failure of a \term{predicate} test.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{fbound} \pronounced{\Stress{ef}\stress{ba\.und}} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ (of a \term{function name})
|
|
|
+ \term{bound} in the \term{function} \term{namespace}.
|
|
|
+ (The \term{names} of \term{macros} and \term{special operators} are \term{fbound},
|
|
|
+ but the nature and \term{type} of the \term{object} which is their \term{value}
|
|
|
+ is \term{implementation-dependent}.
|
|
|
+\issue{SETF-FUNCTIONS-AGAIN:MINIMAL-CHANGES}
|
|
|
+ Further, defining a \term{setf expander} \param{F} does not cause the \term{setf function}
|
|
|
+ \f{(setf \param{F})} to become defined; as such, if there is a such a definition
|
|
|
+ of a \term{setf expander} \param{F}, the \term{function} \f{(setf \param{F})}
|
|
|
+ can be \term{fbound} if and only if, by design or coincidence, a
|
|
|
+ function binding for \f{(setf \param{F})} has been independently established.)
|
|
|
+\endissue{SETF-FUNCTIONS-AGAIN:MINIMAL-CHANGES}
|
|
|
+ \Seefuns{fboundp} and \funref{symbol-function}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{feature} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. an aspect or attribute
|
|
|
+ of \clisp,
|
|
|
+ of the \term{implementation},
|
|
|
+ or of the \term{environment}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{symbol} that names a \term{feature}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\Features.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The \kwd{ansi-cl} feature is present in all conforming implementations.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{feature expression} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A boolean combination of \term{features} used by the \f{\#+} and \f{\#-}
|
|
|
+ \term{reader macros} in order to direct conditional \term{reading} of
|
|
|
+ \term{expressions} by the \term{Lisp reader}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\FeatureExpressions.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{features list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{list} that is \thevalueof{*features*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{file} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a named entry in a \term{file system},
|
|
|
+ having an \term{implementation-defined} nature.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{file compiler} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ any \term{compiler} which \term{compiles} \term{source code} contained in a \term{file},
|
|
|
+ producing a \term{compiled file} as output. The \funref{compile-file}
|
|
|
+ function is the only interface to such a \term{compiler} provided by \clisp,
|
|
|
+ but there might be other, \term{implementation-defined} mechanisms for
|
|
|
+ invoking the \term{file compiler}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{file position} \Noun\ (in a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ a non-negative \term{integer} that represents a position in the \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+ Not all \term{streams} are able to represent the notion of \term{file position};
|
|
|
+ in the description of any \term{operator} which manipulates \term{file positions},
|
|
|
+ the behavior for \term{streams} that don't have this notion must be explicitly stated.
|
|
|
+ For \term{binary} \term{streams}, the \term{file position} represents the number
|
|
|
+ of preceding \term{bytes} in the \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+ For \term{character} \term{streams}, the constraint is more relaxed:
|
|
|
+ \term{file positions} must increase monotonically, the amount of the increase
|
|
|
+ between \term{file positions} corresponding to any two successive characters
|
|
|
+ in the \term{stream} is \term{implementation-dependent}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{file position designator} \Noun\ (in a \term{stream})
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|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{file position} in that \term{stream}; that is,
|
|
|
+ the symbol \kwd{start}
|
|
|
+ (denoting \f{0}, the first \term{file position} in that \term{stream}),
|
|
|
+ the symbol \kwd{end}
|
|
|
+ (denoting the last \term{file position} in that \term{stream};
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|
|
+ \ie the position following the last \term{element} of the \term{stream}),
|
|
|
+ or a \term{file position} (denoting itself).
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|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{file stream} \Noun\
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|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{file-stream}.
|
|
|
+
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|
|
+\gentry{file system} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a facility which permits aggregations of data to be stored in named
|
|
|
+ \term{files} on some medium that is external to the \term{Lisp image}
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|
|
+ and that therefore persists from \term{session} to \term{session}.
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|
+
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|
+\issue{PATHNAME-HOST-PARSING:RECOGNIZE-LOGICAL-HOST-NAMES}
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+\gentry{filename} \Noun\
|
|
|
+%% This term applies some places to logical pathnames and doesn't work very well
|
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|
+%% for them, so I tried to make it more abstract. -kmp 28-Aug-93
|
|
|
+% an \term{implementation-dependent} handle, not necessarily ever directly
|
|
|
+% represented as an \term{object}, that can be used to refer to a \term{file}
|
|
|
+% in a \term{file system}. \term{Physical pathnames} and
|
|
|
+% \term{physical pathname} \term{namestrings} are two kinds of \term{objects}
|
|
|
+% that substitute for \term{filenames} in \clisp. The specific relationship
|
|
|
+% between \term{filenames} and \term{physical pathnames}, and between
|
|
|
+% \term{filenames} and \term{namestrings}, is \term{implementation-defined}.
|
|
|
+ a handle, not necessarily ever directly represented as an \term{object},
|
|
|
+ that can be used to refer to a \term{file} in a \term{file system}.
|
|
|
+ \term{Pathnames} and \term{namestrings} are two kinds of \term{objects}
|
|
|
+ that substitute for \term{filenames} in \clisp.
|
|
|
+\endissue{PATHNAME-HOST-PARSING:RECOGNIZE-LOGICAL-HOST-NAMES}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{fill pointer} \Noun\ (of a \term{vector})
|
|
|
+ an \term{integer} associated with a \term{vector} that represents the
|
|
|
+ index above which no \term{elements} are \term{active}.
|
|
|
+ (A \term{fill pointer} is a non-negative \term{integer} no
|
|
|
+ larger than the total number of \term{elements} in the \term{vector}.
|
|
|
+ Not all \term{vectors} have \term{fill pointers}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{finite} \Adjective\ (of a \term{type})
|
|
|
+ having a finite number of \term{elements}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The type specifier \f{(integer 0 5)} denotes a finite type,
|
|
|
+ but the type specifiers \typeref{integer} and \f{(integer 0)} do not.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{fixnum} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{integer} \oftype{fixnum}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{float} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{float}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{IGNORE-USE-TERMINOLOGY:VALUE-ONLY}
|
|
|
+\gentry{for-value} \Adjective\ (of a \term{reference} to a \term{binding})
|
|
|
+ being a \term{reference} that \term{reads}\meaning{1}
|
|
|
+ the \term{value} of the \term{binding}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{IGNORE-USE-TERMINOLOGY:VALUE-ONLY}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. any \term{object} meant to be \term{evaluated}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{symbol},
|
|
|
+ a \term{compound form},
|
|
|
+ or a \term{self-evaluating object}.
|
|
|
+ 3. (for an \term{operator}, as in ``\metavar{operator} \term{form}'')
|
|
|
+ a \term{compound form} having that \term{operator} as its first element.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{A \specref{quote} form is a constant form.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{formal argument} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ a \term{parameter}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{formal parameter} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ a \term{parameter}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{FORMAT-STRING-ARGUMENTS:SPECIFY}
|
|
|
+\gentry{format} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{format control} and \term{format arguments})
|
|
|
+ to perform output as if by \funref{format},
|
|
|
+ using the \term{format string} and \term{format arguments}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{FORMAT-STRING-ARGUMENTS:SPECIFY}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{FORMAT-STRING-ARGUMENTS:SPECIFY}
|
|
|
+\gentry{format argument} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} which is used as data by functions such as \funref{format}
|
|
|
+ which interpret \term{format controls}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{FORMAT-STRING-ARGUMENTS:SPECIFY}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{format control} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{format string},
|
|
|
+ or a \term{function} that obeys the \term{argument} conventions
|
|
|
+ for a \term{function} returned by \themacro{formatter}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CompilingFormatStrings.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{format directive} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a sequence of \term{characters} in a \term{format string}
|
|
|
+ which is introduced by a \term{tilde}, and which is specially
|
|
|
+ interpreted by \term{code} which processes \term{format strings}
|
|
|
+ to mean that some special operation should be performed, possibly
|
|
|
+ involving data supplied by the \term{format arguments} that
|
|
|
+ accompanied the \term{format string}. \Seefun{format}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{In \f{"~D base 10 = ~8R"}, the character
|
|
|
+ sequences `\f{~D}' and `\f{~8R}' are format directives.}
|
|
|
+ 2. the conceptual category of all \term{format directives}\meaning{1}
|
|
|
+ which use the same dispatch character.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{Both \f{"~3d"} and \f{"~3,'0D"} are valid uses of the
|
|
|
+ `\f{~D}' format directive.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{format string} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{string} which can contain both ordinary text and \term{format directives},
|
|
|
+ and which is used in conjunction with \term{format arguments} to describe how
|
|
|
+ text output should be formatted by certain functions, such as \funref{format}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{free declaration} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a declaration that is not a \term{bound declaration}.
|
|
|
+ \Seemisc{declare}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{fresh} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of an \term{object} \term{yielded} by a \term{function})
|
|
|
+ having been newly-allocated by that \term{function}.
|
|
|
+ (The caller of a \term{function} that returns a \term{fresh} \term{object}
|
|
|
+ may freely modify the \term{object} without fear that such modification will
|
|
|
+ compromise the future correct behavior of that \term{function}.)
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{binding} for a \term{name})
|
|
|
+ newly-allocated; not shared with other \term{bindings} for that \term{name}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{freshline} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a conceptual operation on a \term{stream}, implemented by \thefunction{fresh-line}
|
|
|
+ and by the \term{format directive} \f{~\&}, which advances the display position
|
|
|
+ to the beginning of the next line (as if a \term{newline} had been typed, or
|
|
|
+ \thefunction{terpri} had been called)
|
|
|
+ unless the \term{stream} is already known to be positioned at the beginning of a line.
|
|
|
+ Unlike \term{newline}, \term{freshline} is not a \term{character}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{funbound} \pronounced{\Stress{ef}unba\.und} \Noun\ (of a \term{function name})
|
|
|
+ not \term{fbound}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ %% 6.2.2 26
|
|
|
+ 1. an \term{object} representing code,
|
|
|
+ which can be \term{called} with zero or more \term{arguments},
|
|
|
+ and which produces zero or more \term{values}.
|
|
|
+ 2. an \term{object} \oftype{function}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{function block name} \Noun\ (of a \term{function name})
|
|
|
+ The \term{symbol} that would be used as the name of an \term{implicit block}
|
|
|
+ which surrounds the body of a \term{function} having that \term{function name}.
|
|
|
+ If the \term{function name} is a \term{symbol}, its \term{function block name} is
|
|
|
+ the \term{function name} itself.
|
|
|
+ If the \term{function name} is a \term{list} whose \term{car} is \misc{setf}
|
|
|
+ and whose \term{cadr} is a \term{symbol}, its \term{function block name} is
|
|
|
+ the \term{symbol} that is the \term{cadr} of the \term{function name}.
|
|
|
+ An \term{implementation} which supports additional kinds of \term{function names}
|
|
|
+ must specify for each how the corresponding \term{function block name} is computed.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{function cell} \Noun\ \Traditional\ (of a \term{symbol})
|
|
|
+ The \term{place} which holds the \term{definition} of the
|
|
|
+ global \term{function} \term{binding}, if any, named by that \term{symbol},
|
|
|
+ and which is \term{accessed} by \funref{symbol-function}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{cell}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{function designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{function}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{function}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ a \term{symbol} (denoting the \term{function} named by that \term{symbol}
|
|
|
+ in the \term{global environment}),
|
|
|
+ or a \term{function} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+ The consequences are undefined if
|
|
|
+ a \term{symbol} is used as a \term{function designator} but
|
|
|
+ it does not have a global definition as a \term{function},
|
|
|
+ or it has a global definition as a \term{macro} or a \term{special form}.
|
|
|
+ \SeetermAlso{extended function designator}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{function form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{form} that is a \term{list} and that has a first element
|
|
|
+ which is the \term{name} of a \term{function} to be called on
|
|
|
+ \term{arguments} which are the result of \term{evaluating} subsequent
|
|
|
+ elements of the \term{function form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{function name} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. (in an \term{environment})
|
|
|
+ A \term{symbol} or a \term{list} \f{(setf \i{symbol})}
|
|
|
+ that is the \term{name} of a \term{function} in that \term{environment}.
|
|
|
+% \editornote{KMP: I think that in many (but obviously not all) cases where
|
|
|
+% `function name' is used, `operator name' might be intended.
|
|
|
+% I'll be looking for such cases later, but if readers happen
|
|
|
+% to notice any of these, they should feel free to mark them.}%!!!
|
|
|
+% !!! Moon: Not always with respect to an environment, see e.g., function block name.
|
|
|
+% Also, can sometimes name a macro or special operator or be fbound.
|
|
|
+%% Added per Boyer/Kaufmann/Moore #8,#9 (by X3J13 vote at May 4-5, 1994 meeting)
|
|
|
+%% -kmp 9-May-94
|
|
|
+ 2. A \term{symbol} or a \term{list} \f{(setf \i{symbol})}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{functional evaluation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the process of extracting a \term{functional value} from a \term{function name}
|
|
|
+%Added for Moon:
|
|
|
+ or a \term{lambda expression}.
|
|
|
+ The evaluator performs \term{functional evaluation}
|
|
|
+ implicitly when it encounters a \term{function name}
|
|
|
+%Added for Moon:
|
|
|
+ or a \term{lambda expression}
|
|
|
+ in the \term{car} of a \term{compound form},
|
|
|
+ or explicitly when it encounters a \specref{function} \term{special form}.
|
|
|
+ Neither a use of a \term{symbol} as a \term{function designator} nor a
|
|
|
+ use of \thefunction{symbol-function} to extract the \term{functional value}
|
|
|
+ of a \term{symbol} is considered a \term{functional evaluation}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{functional value} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{function name} $N$ in an \term{environment} $E$)
|
|
|
+ The \term{value} of the \term{binding} named $N$
|
|
|
+ in the \term{function} \term{namespace} for \term{environment} $E$;
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: Wrong. Function cell only holds global binding.
|
|
|
+ that is, the contents of the \term{function cell} named $N$ in
|
|
|
+ \term{environment} $E$.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of an \term{fbound} \term{symbol} $S$)
|
|
|
+ the contents of the \term{symbol}'s \term{function cell}; that is,
|
|
|
+ the \term{value} of the \term{binding} named $S$
|
|
|
+ in the \term{function} \term{namespace} of the \term{global environment}.
|
|
|
+ (A \term{name} that is a \term{macro name} in the \term{global environment}
|
|
|
+ or is a \term{special operator} might or might not be \term{fbound}.
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: Isn't this ["might or might not be fbound"] contrary to CLtL?
|
|
|
+% I don't have the book here, so I didn't check.
|
|
|
+ But if $S$ is such a \term{name} and is \term{fbound}, the specific
|
|
|
+ nature of its \term{functional value} is \term{implementation-dependent};
|
|
|
+ in particular, it might or might not be a \term{function}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{further compilation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{implementation-dependent} compilation beyond \term{minimal compilation}.
|
|
|
+ Further compilation is permitted to take place at \term{run time}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{Block compilation and generation of machine-specific instructions
|
|
|
+ are examples of further compilation.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{G}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{general} \Adjective\ (of an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ having \term{element type} \typeref{t},
|
|
|
+ and consequently able to have any \term{object} as an \term{element}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{generalized boolean} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} used as a truth value, where the symbol~\nil\
|
|
|
+ represents \term{false} and all other \term{objects} represent \term{true}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{boolean}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{generalized instance} \Noun\ (of a \term{class})
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} the \term{class} of which is either that \term{class} itself,
|
|
|
+ or some subclass of that \term{class}. (Because of the correspondence between
|
|
|
+ types and classes, the term ``generalized instance of $X$''
|
|
|
+ implies ``object of type $X$'' and in cases where $X$ is a \term{class}
|
|
|
+ (or \term{class name}) the reverse is also true.
|
|
|
+ The former terminology emphasizes the view of $X$ as a \term{class}
|
|
|
+ while the latter emphasizes the view of $X$ as a \term{type specifier}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{generalized reference} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a reference to a location storing an \term{object} as if to a \term{variable}.
|
|
|
+ (Such a reference can be either to \term{read} or \term{write} the location.)
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\GeneralizedReference. See also \term{place}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{generalized synonym stream} \Noun\ (with a \term{synonym stream symbol})
|
|
|
+ 1. (to a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ a \term{synonym stream} to the \term{stream},
|
|
|
+ or a \term{composite stream} which has as a target
|
|
|
+ a \term{generalized synonym stream} to the \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (to a \term{symbol})
|
|
|
+ a \term{synonym stream} to the \term{symbol},
|
|
|
+ or a \term{composite stream} which has as a target
|
|
|
+ a \term{generalized synonym stream} to the \term{symbol}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{generic function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} whose behavior depends on the \term{classes} or
|
|
|
+ identities of the arguments supplied to it and whose parts include, among
|
|
|
+ other things, a set of \term{methods}, a \term{lambda list}, and a
|
|
|
+ \term{method combination} type.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{generic function lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A \term{lambda list} that is used to describe data flow into a \term{generic function}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\GFLambdaLists.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{gensym} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ an \term{uninterned} \term{symbol}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{gensym}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Needs work. -kmp 25-Oct-90
|
|
|
+\gentry{global declaration} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{form} that makes certain kinds of information about
|
|
|
+ code globally available; that is, a \funref{proclaim} \term{form}
|
|
|
+ or a \macref{declaim} \term{form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{global environment} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ that part of an \term{environment} that contains \term{bindings}
|
|
|
+ with \term{indefinite scope} and \term{indefinite extent}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{global variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{dynamic variable} or a \term{constant variable}.%Is this really right?
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{glyph} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a visual representation.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{Graphic characters have associated glyphs.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{go} \Verb\
|
|
|
+ to transfer control to a \term{go point}.
|
|
|
+ \Seespec{go}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{go point}
|
|
|
+ one of possibly several \term{exit points} that are \term{established}
|
|
|
+ by \specref{tagbody} (or other abstractions, such as \macref{prog},
|
|
|
+ which are built from \specref{tagbody}).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{go tag} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{symbol} or \term{integer} that, within the \term{lexical scope}
|
|
|
+ of a \specref{tagbody} \term{form}, names an \term{exit point}
|
|
|
+ \term{established} by that \specref{tagbody} \term{form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{graphic} \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ being a ``printing'' or ``displayable'' \term{character}
|
|
|
+ that has a standard visual representation
|
|
|
+ as a single \term{glyph}, such as \f{A} or \f{*} or \f{=}.
|
|
|
+ \term{Space} is defined to be \term{graphic}.
|
|
|
+ Of the \term{standard characters}, all but \term{newline} are \term{graphic}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{non-graphic}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{H}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{handle} \Verb\ (of a \term{condition} being \term{signaled})
|
|
|
+ to perform a non-local transfer of control, terminating the ongoing
|
|
|
+ \term{signaling} of the \term{condition}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{handler} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ %I'm expecting that we might have a need for other kinds of handlers. -kmp 31-Dec-90
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|
|
+ a \term{condition handler}.
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|
|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{hash table} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{hash-table},
|
|
|
+ which provides a mapping from \term{keys} to \term{values}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{home package} \Noun\ (of a \term{symbol})
|
|
|
+ the \term{package}, if any, which is contents of the \term{package cell}
|
|
|
+ of the \term{symbol}, and which dictates how the \term{Lisp printer}
|
|
|
+ prints the \term{symbol} when it is not \term{accessible} in the
|
|
|
+ \term{current package}. (\term{Symbols} which have \nil\ in their
|
|
|
+ \term{package cell} are said to have no \term{home package}, and also
|
|
|
+ to be \term{apparently uninterned}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{I}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{I/O customization variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ one of the \term{stream variables} in \thenextfigure,
|
|
|
+ or some other (\term{implementation-defined}) \term{stream variable}
|
|
|
+ that is defined by the \term{implementation}
|
|
|
+ to be an \term{I/O customization variable}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\showthree{Standardized I/O Customization Variables}{
|
|
|
+*debug-io*&*error-io*&query-io*\cr
|
|
|
+*standard-input*&*standard-output*&*trace-output*\cr
|
|
|
+}
|
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|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{identical} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ the \term{same} under \funref{eq}.
|
|
|
+
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|
|
+\gentry{identifier} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{symbol} used to identify or to distinguish \term{names}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{string} used the same way.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{immutable} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ not subject to change, either because no \term{operator} is provided which is
|
|
|
+ capable of effecting such change or because some constraint exists which
|
|
|
+ prohibits the use of an \term{operator} that might otherwise be capable of
|
|
|
+ effecting such a change. Except as explicitly indicated otherwise,
|
|
|
+ \term{implementations} are not required to detect attempts to modify
|
|
|
+ \term{immutable} \term{objects} or \term{cells}; the consequences of attempting
|
|
|
+ to make such modification are undefined.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{Numbers are immutable.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{implementation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a system, mechanism, or body of \term{code} that implements the semantics of \clisp.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{implementation limit} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a restriction imposed by an \term{implementation}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{implementation-defined} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ \term{implementation-dependent}, but required by this specification to be
|
|
|
+ defined by each \term{conforming implementation} and to be documented by
|
|
|
+ the corresponding implementor.
|
|
|
+%When this was moved to this position from far away, it became redundant. -kmp 14-Nov-91
|
|
|
+% %I added this after asking Quinquevirate if they thought I should.
|
|
|
+% %No one objected, and RPG thought it was a good idea. -kmp 17-Oct-90
|
|
|
+% A \term{conforming implementation} is required to document its treatment of each
|
|
|
+% item in this specification which is marked \term{implementation-defined}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{implementation-dependent} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ describing a behavior or aspect of \clisp\ which has been deliberately left
|
|
|
+ unspecified, that might be defined in some \term{conforming implementations}
|
|
|
+ but not in others, and whose details may differ between \term{implementations}.
|
|
|
+%I added this after asking Quinquevirate if they thought I should.
|
|
|
+%No one objected, and RPG thought it was a good idea. -kmp 17-Oct-90
|
|
|
+ A \term{conforming implementation} is encouraged (but not required) to
|
|
|
+ document its treatment of each item in this specification which is
|
|
|
+ marked \term{implementation-dependent}, although in some cases
|
|
|
+ such documentation might simply identify the item as ``undefined.''
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{implementation-independent} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ used to identify or emphasize a behavior or aspect of \clisp\ which does
|
|
|
+ not vary between \term{conforming implementations}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{implicit block} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{block} introduced by a \term{macro form}
|
|
|
+ rather than by an explicit \specref{block} \term{form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{implicit compilation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{compilation} performed during \term{evaluation}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{implicit progn} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an ordered set of adjacent \term{forms} appearing in another
|
|
|
+ \term{form}, and defined by their context in that \term{form}
|
|
|
+ to be executed as if within a \specref{progn}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{implicit tagbody} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an ordered set of adjacent \term{forms} and/or \term{tags}
|
|
|
+ appearing in another \term{form}, and defined by their context
|
|
|
+ in that \term{form} to be executed as if within a \specref{tagbody}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{import} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{symbol} into a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ to make the \term{symbol} be \term{present} in the \term{package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{improper list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{list} which is not a \term{proper list}:
|
|
|
+ a \term{circular list} or a \term{dotted list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{inaccessible} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ not \term{accessible}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{indefinite extent} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{extent} whose duration is unlimited.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{Most Common Lisp objects have indefinite extent.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{indefinite scope} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{scope} that is unlimited.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{indicator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{property indicator}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{indirect instance} \Noun\ (of a \term{class} $C\sub 1$)
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} of \term{class} $C\sub 2$,
|
|
|
+ where $C\sub 2$ is a \term{subclass} of $C\sub 1$.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{An integer is an indirect instance of the class \typeref{number}.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{inherit} \TransitiveVerb\
|
|
|
+ 1. to receive or acquire a quality, trait, or characteristic;
|
|
|
+ to gain access to a feature defined elsewhere.
|
|
|
+ 2. (a \term{class}) to acquire the structure and behavior defined
|
|
|
+ by a \term{superclass}.
|
|
|
+ 3. (a \term{package}) to make \term{symbols} \term{exported} by another
|
|
|
+ \term{package} \term{accessible} by using \funref{use-package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{KMP-COMMENTS-ON-SANDRA-COMMENTS:X3J13-MAR-92}
|
|
|
+\gentry{initial pprint dispatch table} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \thevalueof{*print-pprint-dispatch*} at the time the \term{Lisp image} is started.
|
|
|
+\endissue{KMP-COMMENTS-ON-SANDRA-COMMENTS:X3J13-MAR-92}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{WITH-STANDARD-IO-SYNTAX-READTABLE:X3J13-MAR-91}
|
|
|
+\gentry{initial readtable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \thevalueof{*readtable*} at the time the \term{Lisp image} is started.
|
|
|
+\endissue{WITH-STANDARD-IO-SYNTAX-READTABLE:X3J13-MAR-91}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{PLIST-DUPLICATES:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+\gentry{initialization argument list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% a \term{proper list} of \term{keyword/value pairs}
|
|
|
+% (of initialization argument \term{names} and \term{values})
|
|
|
+ a \term{property list} of initialization argument \term{names} and \term{values}
|
|
|
+ used in the protocol for initializing and reinitializing \term{instances} of \term{classes}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\ObjectCreationAndInit.
|
|
|
+\endissue{PLIST-DUPLICATES:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{initialization form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{form} used to supply the initial \term{value} for a \term{slot}
|
|
|
+ or \term{variable}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The initialization form for a slot in a \macref{defclass} form
|
|
|
+ is introduced by the keyword \kwd{initform}.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{input} \Adjective\ (of a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ supporting input operations (\ie being a ``data source'').
|
|
|
+ An \term{input} \term{stream} might also be an \term{output} \term{stream},
|
|
|
+ in which case it is sometimes called a \term{bidirectional} \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{input-stream-p}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{instance} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{direct instance}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{generalized instance}.
|
|
|
+ 3. an \term{indirect instance}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{integer} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{integer}, which represents a mathematical integer.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{interactive stream} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{stream} on which it makes sense to perform interactive querying.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\InteractiveStreams.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! The usage "interning a symbol" is used but not described here.
|
|
|
+% e.g., see the type entry for KEYWORD.
|
|
|
+\gentry{intern} \TransitiveVerb\
|
|
|
+ 1. (a \term{string} in a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ to look up the \term{string} in the \term{package},
|
|
|
+ returning either a \term{symbol} with that \term{name}
|
|
|
+ which was already \term{accessible} in the \term{package}
|
|
|
+ or a newly created \term{internal symbol} of the \term{package}
|
|
|
+ with that \term{name}.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Idiomatic\ generally, to observe a protocol whereby objects which
|
|
|
+ are equivalent or have equivalent names under some predicate defined
|
|
|
+ by the protocol are mapped to a single canonical object.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{internal symbol} \Noun\ (of a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ a symbol which is \term{accessible} in the \term{package},
|
|
|
+ but which is not an \term{external symbol} of the \term{package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{internal time} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{time}, represented as an \term{integer} number of \term{internal time units}.
|
|
|
+ \term{Absolute} \term{internal time} is measured as an offset
|
|
|
+ from an arbitrarily chosen, \term{implementation-dependent} base.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\InternalTime.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%% 25.4.1 21
|
|
|
+\gentry{internal time unit} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a unit of time equal to $1/n$ of a second,
|
|
|
+ for some \term{implementation-defined} \term{integer} value of $n$.
|
|
|
+ \Seevar{internal-time-units-per-second}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{interned} \Adjective\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{symbol}) \term{accessible}\meaning{3} in
|
|
|
+ any \term{package}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{symbol} in a specific \term{package})
|
|
|
+ \term{present} in that \term{package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{interpreted function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} that is not a \term{compiled function}.
|
|
|
+ (It is possible for there to be a \term{conforming implementation} which
|
|
|
+ has no \term{interpreted functions}, but a \term{conforming program}
|
|
|
+ must not assume that all \term{functions} are \term{compiled functions}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{interpreted implementation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{implementation} that uses an execution strategy for
|
|
|
+ \term{interpreted functions} that does not involve a one-time semantic
|
|
|
+ analysis pre-pass, and instead uses ``lazy'' (and sometimes repetitious)
|
|
|
+ semantic analysis of \term{forms} as they are encountered during execution.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{interval designator} \Noun\ (of \term{type} $T$)
|
|
|
+ an ordered pair of \term{objects} that describe a \term{subtype} of $T$
|
|
|
+ by delimiting an interval on the real number line.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\IntervalDesignators.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{invalid} \Noun, \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a possible \term{constituent trait} of a \term{character}
|
|
|
+ which if present signifies that the \term{character}
|
|
|
+ cannot ever appear in a \term{token}
|
|
|
+ except under the control of a \term{single escape} \term{character}.
|
|
|
+ For details, \seesection\ConstituentChars.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ being a \term{character} that has \term{syntax type} \term{constituent}
|
|
|
+ in the \term{current readtable} and that has the
|
|
|
+ \term{constituent trait} \term{invalid}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\ConstituentTraitsOfStdChars.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{DOTIMES-IGNORE:X3J13-MAR91}
|
|
|
+\gentry{iteration form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{compound form} whose \term{operator} is named in \thenextfigure,
|
|
|
+ or a \term{compound form} that has an \term{implementation-defined} \term{operator}
|
|
|
+ and that is defined by the \term{implementation} to be an \term{iteration form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\displaythree{Standardized Iteration Forms}{
|
|
|
+do&do-external-symbols&dotimes\cr
|
|
|
+do*&do-symbols&loop\cr
|
|
|
+do-all-symbols&dolist&\cr
|
|
|
+}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% Moon: Is this correct? I think WITH variables in LOOP are not iteration variables.
|
|
|
+% KMP: Looks right to me. See issue DOTIMES-IGNORE.
|
|
|
+\gentry{iteration variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{variable} $V$, the \term{binding} for which was created by an
|
|
|
+ \term{explicit use} of $V$ in an \term{iteration form}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{DOTIMES-IGNORE:X3J13-MAR91}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{K}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{key} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} used for selection during retrieval.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{association list}, \term{property list}, and \term{hash table}.
|
|
|
+ Also, \seesection\SequenceConcepts.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{keyword} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{symbol} the \term{home package} of which is \thepackage{keyword}.
|
|
|
+ 2. any \term{symbol}, usually but not necessarily in \thepackage{keyword},
|
|
|
+ that is used as an identifying marker in keyword-style argument passing.
|
|
|
+ \Seemisc{lambda}.
|
|
|
+ 3. \Idiomatic\ a \term{lambda list keyword}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{keyword parameter} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A \term{parameter} for which a corresponding keyword \term{argument}
|
|
|
+ is optional. (There is no such thing as a required keyword \term{argument}.)
|
|
|
+ If the \term{argument} is not supplied, a default value is used.
|
|
|
+ \SeetermAlso{supplied-p parameter}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{PLIST-DUPLICATES:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+\gentry{keyword/value pair} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ two successive \term{elements} (a \term{keyword} and a \term{value},
|
|
|
+ respectively) of a \term{property list}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{PLIST-DUPLICATES:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{L}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{lambda combination} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ a \term{lambda form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{lambda expression} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{list} which can be used in place of a \term{function name} in
|
|
|
+ certain contexts to denote a \term{function} by directly describing its
|
|
|
+ behavior rather than indirectly by referring to the name of an
|
|
|
+ \term{established} \term{function}; its name derives from the fact that its
|
|
|
+ first element is the \term{symbol} \f{lambda}.
|
|
|
+ \Seemisc{lambda}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{lambda form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{form} that is a \term{list} and that has a first element
|
|
|
+ which is a \term{lambda expression} representing a \term{function}
|
|
|
+ to be called on \term{arguments} which are the result of \term{evaluating}
|
|
|
+ subsequent elements of the \term{lambda form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{list} that specifies a set of \term{parameters}
|
|
|
+ (sometimes called \term{lambda variables})
|
|
|
+ and a protocol for receiving \term{values} for those \term{parameters};
|
|
|
+ that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{ordinary lambda list},
|
|
|
+ an \term{extended lambda list},
|
|
|
+ or a \term{modified lambda list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{lambda list keyword} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{symbol} whose \term{name} begins with \term{ampersand}
|
|
|
+ and that is specially recognized in a \term{lambda list}.
|
|
|
+ Note that no \term{standardized} \term{lambda list keyword}
|
|
|
+ is in \thepackage{keyword}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{lambda variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{formal parameter}, used to emphasize the \term{variable}'s
|
|
|
+ relation to the \term{lambda list} that \term{established} it.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{leaf} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. an \term{atom} in a \term{tree}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a terminal node of a \term{tree}\meaning{2}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{leap seconds} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ additional one-second intervals of time that are occasionally inserted
|
|
|
+ into the true calendar by official timekeepers as a correction similar
|
|
|
+ to ``leap years.'' All \clisp\ \term{time} representations ignore
|
|
|
+ \term{leap seconds}; every day is assumed to be exactly 86400 seconds
|
|
|
+ long.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{left-parenthesis} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} ``\f{(}'',
|
|
|
+ that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``left parenthesis''
|
|
|
+ or ``open parenthesis''
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{length} \Noun\ (of a \term{sequence})
|
|
|
+ the number of \term{elements} in the \term{sequence}.
|
|
|
+ (Note that if the \term{sequence} is a \term{vector} with a
|
|
|
+ \term{fill pointer}, its \term{length} is the same as the
|
|
|
+ \term{fill pointer} even though the total allocated size of
|
|
|
+ the \term{vector} might be larger.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{lexical binding} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{binding} in a \term{lexical environment}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{lexical closure} \Noun\
|
|
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+ a \term{function} that, when invoked on \term{arguments}, executes
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+ the body of a \term{lambda expression} in the \term{lexical environment}
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+ that was captured at the time of the creation of the \term{lexical closure},
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+ augmented by \term{bindings} of the \term{function}'s \term{parameters}
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+ to the corresponding \term{arguments}.
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+
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+\gentry{lexical environment} \Noun\
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+ that part of the \term{environment} that contains \term{bindings}
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+ whose names have \term{lexical scope}. A \term{lexical environment}
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+ contains, among other things:
|
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|
+%!!! Moon: [re "among other things"] scary!
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+ ordinary \term{bindings} of \term{variable} \term{names} to \term{values},
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+ lexically \term{established} \term{bindings} of \term{function names}
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+ to \term{functions},
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+ \term{macros},
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+ \term{symbol macros},
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+ \term{blocks},
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+ \term{tags},
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+ and
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+ \term{local declarations} (\seemisc{declare}).
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+
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+\gentry{lexical scope} \Noun\
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|
+ \term{scope} that is limited to a spatial or textual region within the
|
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|
+ establishing \term{form}.
|
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|
+%!!! Moon: [re "names" in this example] "bindings"?
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+ \gexample{The names of parameters to a function normally are lexically scoped.}
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+
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+\gentry{lexical variable} \Noun\
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+ a \term{variable} the \term{binding} for which is in the
|
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|
+ \term{lexical environment}.
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+
|
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+%!!! KMP wonders if the "Lisp xxx" terms shouldn't be renamed to not require
|
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+% the use of the prefix "Lisp".
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+
|
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+%!!! Moon: Too long?
|
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+% KMP: Maybe I'll separate out into a concept section.
|
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+\gentry{Lisp image} \Noun\
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|
+ a running instantiation of a \clisp\ \term{implementation}.
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|
+ A \term{Lisp image} is characterized by a single address space in which any
|
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+ \term{object} can directly refer to any another in conformance with this specification,
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|
+ and by a single, common, \term{global environment}.
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+ (External operating systems sometimes call this a
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|
+ ``core image,''
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+ ``fork,''
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|
+ ``incarnation,''
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|
+ ``job,''
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|
+ or ``process.'' Note however, that the issue of a ``process'' in such
|
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|
+ an operating system is technically orthogonal to the issue of a \term{Lisp image}
|
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|
+ being defined here. Depending on the operating system, a single ``process''
|
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+ might have multiple \term{Lisp images}, and multiple ``processes'' might reside
|
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+ in a single \term{Lisp image}. Hence, it is the idea of a fully shared address
|
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|
+ space for direct reference among all \term{objects} which is the defining
|
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|
+ characteristic. Note, too, that two ``processes'' which have a communication
|
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|
+ area that permits the sharing of some but not all \term{objects} are considered
|
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|
+ to be distinct \term{Lisp images}.)
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+
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+\gentry{Lisp printer} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
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|
+ the procedure that prints the character representation of an
|
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|
+ \term{object} onto a \term{stream}. (This procedure is implemented
|
|
|
+ by \thefunction{write}.)
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+
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+\gentry{Lisp read-eval-print loop} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
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|
+ an endless loop that \term{reads}\meaning{2} a \term{form},
|
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|
+ \term{evaluates} it,
|
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|
+ and prints (\ie \term{writes}\meaning{2}) the results.
|
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|
+ In many \term{implementations},
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+ the default mode of interaction with \clisp\ during program development
|
|
|
+ is through such a loop.
|
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|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{Lisp reader} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ the procedure that parses character representations of \term{objects}
|
|
|
+ from a \term{stream}, producing \term{objects}.
|
|
|
+ (This procedure is implemented by \thefunction{read}.)
|
|
|
+ %!!! KMP wants more words about the readtable here.
|
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|
+
|
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+\gentry{list} \Noun\
|
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|
+ 1. a chain of \term{conses} in which the \term{car} of each
|
|
|
+ \term{cons} is an \term{element} of the \term{list},
|
|
|
+ and the \term{cdr} of each \term{cons} is either the next
|
|
|
+ link in the chain or a terminating \term{atom}.
|
|
|
+ \SeetermAlso{proper list},
|
|
|
+ \term{dotted list},
|
|
|
+ or \term{circular list}.
|
|
|
+ 2. the \term{type} that is the union of \typeref{null} and \typeref{cons}.
|
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|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{list designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{list} of \term{objects}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{list}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ a \term{non-nil} \term{atom}
|
|
|
+ (denoting a \term{singleton} \term{list}
|
|
|
+ whose \term{element} is that \term{non-nil} \term{atom})
|
|
|
+ or a \term{proper list} (denoting itself).
|
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|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{list structure} \Noun\ (of a \term{list})
|
|
|
+ the set of \term{conses} that make up the \term{list}.
|
|
|
+ Note that while the \term{car}\meaning{1b} component of each such \term{cons}
|
|
|
+ is part of the \term{list structure},
|
|
|
+ the \term{objects} that are \term{elements} of the \term{list}
|
|
|
+ (\ie the \term{objects} that are the \term{cars}\meaning{2} of each \term{cons}
|
|
|
+ in the \term{list})
|
|
|
+ are not themselves part of its \term{list structure},
|
|
|
+ even if they are \term{conses},
|
|
|
+ except in the (\term{circular}\meaning{2})
|
|
|
+ case where the \term{list}
|
|
|
+ actually contains one of its \term{tails} as an \term{element}.
|
|
|
+ (The \term{list structure} of a \term{list} is sometimes redundantly
|
|
|
+ referred to as its ``top-level list structure'' in order to emphasize
|
|
|
+ that any \term{conses} that are \term{elements} of the \term{list}
|
|
|
+ are not involved.)
|
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|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{literal} \Adjective\ (of an \term{object})
|
|
|
+ referenced directly in a program rather than being computed by the program;
|
|
|
+ that is,
|
|
|
+ appearing as data in a \specref{quote} \term{form},
|
|
|
+ or, if the \term{object} is a \term{self-evaluating object},
|
|
|
+ appearing as unquoted data.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{In the form \f{(cons "one" '("two"))},
|
|
|
+ the expressions \f{"one"}, \f{("two")}, and \f{"two"}
|
|
|
+ are literal objects.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{load} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{file})
|
|
|
+ to cause the \term{code} contained in the \term{file} to be \term{executed}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{load}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{load time} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the duration of time that the loader is \term{loading} \term{compiled code}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{load time value} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} referred to in \term{code} by a \specref{load-time-value}
|
|
|
+ \term{form}. The \term{value} of such a \term{form} is some specific
|
|
|
+ \term{object} which can only be computed in the run-time \term{environment}.
|
|
|
+ In the case of \term{file} \term{compilation}, the \term{value} is
|
|
|
+ computed once as part of the process of \term{loading} the \term{compiled file},
|
|
|
+ and not again. \Seespec{load-time-value}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{loader} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a facility that is part of Lisp and that \term{loads} a \term{file}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{load}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{local declaration} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{expression} which may appear only in specially designated
|
|
|
+ positions of certain \term{forms}, and which provides information about
|
|
|
+ the code contained within the containing \term{form};
|
|
|
+ that is, a \misc{declare} \term{expression}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{local precedence order} \Noun\ (of a \term{class})
|
|
|
+ a \term{list} consisting of the \term{class} followed by its
|
|
|
+ \term{direct superclasses} in the order mentioned in the defining
|
|
|
+ \term{form} for the \term{class}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{local slot} \Noun\ (of a \term{class})
|
|
|
+ a \term{slot} \term{accessible} in only one \term{instance},
|
|
|
+ namely the \term{instance} in which the \term{slot} is allocated.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% Or maybe... {Request for comment sent to Moon. -kmp 28-Feb-91}
|
|
|
+%
|
|
|
+% \gentry{local slot} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% 1. (of an \term{instance}) a \term{slot} which is allocated in and \term{accessible}
|
|
|
+% to just that \term{instance}.
|
|
|
+% 2. (of a \term{class}) a \term{slot} which is allocated anew for each
|
|
|
+% \term{generalized instance} of the \term{class}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{logical block} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a conceptual grouping of related output used by the \term{pretty printer}.
|
|
|
+ \Seemac{pprint-logical-block} and \secref\DynamicControlofOutput.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{logical host} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} of \term{implementation-dependent} nature
|
|
|
+ that is used as the representation of a ``host'' in a \term{logical pathname},
|
|
|
+ and that has an associated set of translation rules for converting
|
|
|
+ \term{logical pathnames} belonging to that host into \term{physical pathnames}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\LogicalPathnames.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{logical host designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{logical host}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{logical host}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ a \term{string} (denoting the \term{logical host} that it names),
|
|
|
+ or a \term{logical host} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+ (Note that because the representation of a \term{logical host}
|
|
|
+ is \term{implementation-dependent},
|
|
|
+ it is possible that an \term{implementation} might represent
|
|
|
+ a \term{logical host} as the \term{string} that names it.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{logical pathname} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{logical-pathname}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{long float} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{long-float}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{loop keyword} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ a symbol that is a specially recognized part of the syntax of
|
|
|
+ an extended \macref{loop} \term{form}. Such symbols are recognized by their
|
|
|
+ \term{name} (using \funref{string=}), not by their identity; as such, they
|
|
|
+ may be in any package. A \term{loop keyword} is not a \term{keyword}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{lowercase} \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ being among \term{standard characters} corresponding to
|
|
|
+ the small letters \f{a} through \f{z},
|
|
|
+ or being some other \term{implementation-defined} \term{character}
|
|
|
+ that is defined by the \term{implementation} to be \term{lowercase}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CharactersWithCase.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{M}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{macro} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{macro form}
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{macro function}.
|
|
|
+ 3. a \term{macro name}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{macro character} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{character} which, when encountered by the \term{Lisp reader}
|
|
|
+ in its main dispatch loop, introduces a \term{reader macro}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+ (\term{Macro characters} have nothing to do with \term{macros}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{macro expansion} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. the process of translating a \term{macro form} into another
|
|
|
+ \term{form}.
|
|
|
+ 2. the \term{form} resulting from this process.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{macro form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+%!!! JonL thinks "stands for" is "shaky"
|
|
|
+ a \term{form} that stands for another \term{form}
|
|
|
+ (\eg for the purposes of abstraction, information hiding,
|
|
|
+ or syntactic convenience);
|
|
|
+ that is,
|
|
|
+ either a \term{compound form} whose first element is a \term{macro name},
|
|
|
+ or a \term{form} that is a \term{symbol} that names a
|
|
|
+ \term{symbol macro}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{macro function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} of two arguments, a \term{form} and an
|
|
|
+ \term{environment}, that implements \term{macro expansion} by
|
|
|
+ producing a \term{form} to be evaluated in place of the original
|
|
|
+ argument \term{form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{macro lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{extended lambda list} used in \term{forms} that \term{establish}
|
|
|
+ \term{macro} definitions, such as \macref{defmacro} and \macref{macrolet}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\MacroLambdaLists.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{macro name} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{name} for which \funref{macro-function} returns \term{true}
|
|
|
+ and which when used as the first element of a \term{compound form}
|
|
|
+ identifies that \term{form} as a \term{macro form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{macroexpand hook} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{function} that is \thevalueof{*macroexpand-hook*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{mapping} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a type of iteration in which a \term{function} is successively
|
|
|
+ applied to \term{objects} taken from corresponding entries in
|
|
|
+ collections such as \term{sequences} or \term{hash tables}.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Mathematics\ a relation between two sets in which each element of the
|
|
|
+ first set (the ``domain'') is assigned one element of the second
|
|
|
+ set (the ``range'').
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{metaclass} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{class} whose instances are \term{classes}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of an \term{object}) the \term{class} of the \term{class} of the \term{object}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{Metaobject Protocol} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ one of many possible descriptions of how a \term{conforming implementation}
|
|
|
+ might implement various aspects of the \CLOS. This description is beyond
|
|
|
+ the scope of this document, and no \term{conforming implementation} is
|
|
|
+ required to adhere to it except as noted explicitly in this specification.
|
|
|
+ Nevertheless, its existence helps to establish normative practice,
|
|
|
+ and implementors with no reason to diverge from it are encouraged to
|
|
|
+ consider making their \term{implementation} adhere to it where possible.
|
|
|
+ It is described in detail in \MetaObjectProtocol.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{method} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that is part of a \term{generic function} and which
|
|
|
+ provides information about how that \term{generic function} should
|
|
|
+ behave when its \term{arguments} are \term{objects} of certain
|
|
|
+ \term{classes} or with certain identities.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{method combination} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. generally, the composition of a set of \term{methods} to produce an
|
|
|
+ \term{effective method} for a \term{generic function}.
|
|
|
+ 2. an object \oftype{method-combination}, which represents the details
|
|
|
+ of how the \term{method combination}\meaning{1} for one or more
|
|
|
+ specific \term{generic functions} is to be performed.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{method-defining form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{form} that defines a \term{method} for a \term{generic function},
|
|
|
+ whether explicitly or implicitly.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\IntroToGFs.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{method-defining operator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{operator} corresponding to a \term{method-defining} \term{form}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdMethDefOps.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{minimal compilation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ actions the \term{compiler} must take at compile time.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CompilationSemantics.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{modified lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a list resembling an \term{ordinary lambda list} in form and purpose,
|
|
|
+ but which deviates in syntax or functionality from the definition of an
|
|
|
+ \term{ordinary lambda list}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{ordinary lambda list}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\macref{deftype} uses a modified lambda list.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{most recent} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ innermost;
|
|
|
+ that is, having been \term{established} (and not yet \term{disestablished})
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: This next line looks out of order. Maybe reorganize this description.
|
|
|
+% Put it before the parens? No. Hmm...
|
|
|
+ more recently than any other of its kind.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{multiple escape} \Noun, \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Noun\ the \term{syntax type} of a \term{character}
|
|
|
+ that is used in pairs to indicate that the enclosed \term{characters}
|
|
|
+ are to be treated as \term{alphabetic}\meaning{2} \term{characters}
|
|
|
+ with their \term{case} preserved.
|
|
|
+ For details, \seesection\MultipleEscapeChar.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ having the \term{multiple escape} \term{syntax type}.
|
|
|
+ 3. \Noun\ a \term{multiple escape}\meaning{2} \term{character}.
|
|
|
+ (In the \term{standard readtable},
|
|
|
+ \term{vertical-bar} is a \term{multiple escape} \term{character}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{multiple values} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. more than one \term{value}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{truncate} returns multiple values.}
|
|
|
+ 2. a variable number of \term{values}, possibly including zero or one.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{values} returns multiple values.}
|
|
|
+ 3. a fixed number of values other than one.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The macro \macref{multiple-value-bind} is among the few
|
|
|
+ operators in \clisp\ which can detect and manipulate
|
|
|
+ multiple values.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{N}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: also, of a keyword argument or initarg.
|
|
|
+\gentry{name} \Noun, \TransitiveVerb\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Noun\ an \term{identifier} by which an \term{object},
|
|
|
+ a \term{binding}, or an \term{exit point}
|
|
|
+%or "tag"
|
|
|
+ is referred to by association using a \term{binding}.
|
|
|
+ 2. \TransitiveVerb\ to give a \term{name} to.
|
|
|
+ 3. \Noun\ (of an \term{object} having a name component)
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+ the \term{object} which is that component.
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+ \gexample{The string which is a symbol's name is returned
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+ by \funref{symbol-name}.}
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+ 4. \Noun\ (of a \term{pathname})
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+ a. the name component, returned by \funref{pathname-name}.
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+ b. the entire namestring, returned by \funref{namestring}.
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+ 5. \Noun\ (of a \term{character})
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+ a \term{string} that names the \term{character}
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+ and that has \term{length} greater than one.
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+ (All \term{non-graphic} \term{characters} are required to have \term{names}
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+ unless they have some \term{implementation-defined} \term{attribute}
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+ which is not \term{null}. Whether or not other \term{characters}
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+ have \term{names} is \term{implementation-dependent}.)
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+
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+\gentry{named constant} \Noun\
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+ a \term{variable} that is defined by \clisp,
|
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+ by the \term{implementation},
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+ or by user code (\seemac{defconstant})
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+ to always \term{yield} the same \term{value} when \term{evaluated}.
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+ \gexample{The value of a named constant may not be changed
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+ by assignment or by binding.}
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+
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+%!!! Moon: "kind" is not defined, but I thin kthis is wrong. Especially if "kind"
|
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+% is similar to "type". Also, should relate to "environment" and section 3.1.
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+\gentry{namespace} \Noun\
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+ 1. \term{bindings} whose denotations are restricted to a particular kind.
|
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+ \gexample{The bindings of names to tags is the tag namespace.}
|
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+ 2. any \term{mapping} whose domain is a set of \term{names}.
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+ \gexample{A package defines a namespace.}
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+
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+\issue{PATHNAME-HOST-PARSING:RECOGNIZE-LOGICAL-HOST-NAMES}
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+\gentry{namestring} \Noun\
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+ a \term{string} that represents a \term{filename}
|
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+ using either the \term{standardized} notation for naming \term{logical pathnames}
|
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+ described in \secref\LogPathNamestrings,
|
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+ or some \term{implementation-defined} notation for naming a \term{physical pathname}.
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+\endissue{PATHNAME-HOST-PARSING:RECOGNIZE-LOGICAL-HOST-NAMES}
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+
|
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+\gentry{newline} \Noun\
|
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|
+ the \term{standard character} \NewlineChar,
|
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+ notated for the \term{Lisp reader} as \f{\#\\Newline}.
|
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+
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+\gentry{next method} \Noun\
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|
+ the next \term{method} to be invoked with respect to a given
|
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+ \term{method} for a particular set of arguments or argument
|
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+ \term{classes}.
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+%JonL thinks we should add "under standardized method combinations"?
|
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+%Moon thinks maybe not. He says this is about as good as we should expect to get
|
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+% given the space in the glossary.
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+ \Seesection\ApplyMethCombToSortedMethods.
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+
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+\gentry{nickname} \Noun\ (of a \term{package})
|
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|
+ one of possibly several \term{names} that can be used to refer to
|
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|
+ the \term{package} but that is not the primary \term{name}
|
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|
+ of the \term{package}.
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+
|
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+\gentry{nil} \Noun\
|
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|
+ the \term{object} that is at once
|
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|
+ the \term{symbol} named \f{"NIL"} in \thepackage{common-lisp},
|
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|
+ the \term{empty list},
|
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|
+ the \term{boolean} (or \term{generalized boolean}) representing \term{false},
|
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|
+ and the \term{name} of the \term{empty type}.
|
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|
+%!!! Should other things be here like use of NIL to represent
|
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|
+% null lexical environment (should there be a term "environment designator"?),
|
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|
+% use of NIL as an input/output stream designator, etc.?
|
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+
|
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|
+\gentry{non-atomic} \Adjective\
|
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|
+ being other than an \term{atom}; \ie being a \term{cons}.
|
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+
|
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|
+\gentry{non-constant variable} \Noun\
|
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|
+ a \term{variable} that is not a \term{constant variable}.
|
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|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{non-correctable} \Adjective\ (of an \term{error})
|
|
|
+ not intentionally \term{correctable}.
|
|
|
+ (Because of the dynamic nature of \term{restarts},
|
|
|
+ it is neither possible nor generally useful to completely prohibit
|
|
|
+ an \term{error} from being \term{correctable}.
|
|
|
+ This term is used in order to express an intent that no special effort
|
|
|
+ should be made by \term{code} signaling an \term{error} to make
|
|
|
+ that \term{error} \term{correctable};
|
|
|
+ however, there is no actual requirement on \term{conforming programs}
|
|
|
+ or \term{conforming implementations} imposed by this term.)
|
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+
|
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+\gentry{non-empty} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ having at least one \term{element}.
|
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|
+
|
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|
+% Replaced by "distinct"
|
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|
+% \gentry{non-eq} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+% not \term{eq}.
|
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|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{non-generic function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} that is not a \term{generic function}.
|
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|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{non-graphic} \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ not \term{graphic}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\GraphicChars.
|
|
|
+
|
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|
+\gentry{non-list} \Noun, \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ other than a \term{list}; \ie a \term{non-nil} \term{atom}.
|
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|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{non-local exit} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a transfer of control (and sometimes \term{values}) to
|
|
|
+ an \term{exit point} for reasons other than a \term{normal return}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The operators \specref{go}, \specref{throw},
|
|
|
+ and \specref{return-from} cause a non-local exit.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{non-nil} \Noun, \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ not \nil. Technically, any \term{object} which is not \nil\ can be
|
|
|
+ referred to as \term{true}, but that would tend to imply a unique view
|
|
|
+ of the \term{object} as a \term{generalized boolean}.
|
|
|
+ Referring to such an \term{object} as \term{non-nil} avoids this implication.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: Is this right? Is it a non-empty environment,
|
|
|
+% or any environment other than NIL? Where is this term used?
|
|
|
+\gentry{non-null lexical environment} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{lexical environment} that has additional information not present in
|
|
|
+ the \term{global environment}, such as one or more \term{bindings}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{non-simple} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ not \term{simple}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Make a glossary term for "constituent character"?
|
|
|
+%!!! What about "extended token"?
|
|
|
+\gentry{non-terminating} \Adjective\ (of a \term{macro character})
|
|
|
+ being such that it is treated as a constituent \term{character}
|
|
|
+ when it appears in the middle of an extended token.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\ReaderAlgorithm.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{non-top-level form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{form} that, by virtue of its position as a \term{subform}
|
|
|
+ of another \term{form}, is not a \term{top level form}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\TopLevelForms.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{normal return} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the natural transfer of control and \term{values} which occurs after
|
|
|
+ the complete \term{execution} of a \term{form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{normalized} \Adjective, \ANSI, \IEEE\ (of a \term{float})
|
|
|
+ conforming to the description of ``normalized'' as described by {\IEEEFloatingPoint}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{denormalized}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{null} \Adjective, \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ a. (of a \term{list}) having no \term{elements}: empty. \Seeterm{empty list}.
|
|
|
+ b. (of a \term{string}) having a \term{length} of zero.
|
|
|
+ (It is common, both within this document and in observed spoken behavior,
|
|
|
+ to refer to an empty string by an apparent definite reference,
|
|
|
+ as in ``the \term{null} \term{string}'' even though no attempt is made to
|
|
|
+ \term{intern}\meaning{2} null strings. The phrase
|
|
|
+ ``a \term{null} \term{string}'' is technically more correct,
|
|
|
+ but is generally considered awkward by most Lisp programmers.
|
|
|
+ As such, the phrase ``the \term{null} \term{string}''
|
|
|
+ should be treated as an indefinite reference in all cases
|
|
|
+ except for anaphoric references.)
|
|
|
+ c. (of an \term{implementation-defined} \term{attribute} of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ An \term{object} to which the value of that \term{attribute} defaults
|
|
|
+ if no specific value was requested.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Noun\ an \term{object} \oftype{null} (the only such \term{object} being \nil).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: Is this correct? has global bindings. what about declarations?
|
|
|
+\gentry{null lexical environment} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{lexical environment} which has no \term{bindings}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{number} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{number}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{numeric} \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ being one of the \term{standard characters} \f{0} through \term{9},
|
|
|
+ or being some other \term{graphic} \term{character}
|
|
|
+ defined by the \term{implementation} to be \term{numeric}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{O}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{object} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. any Lisp datum.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{cons} creates an object which refers
|
|
|
+ to two other objects.}
|
|
|
+ 2. (immediately following the name of a \term{type})
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} which is of that \term{type}, used to emphasize that the
|
|
|
+ \term{object} is not just a \term{name} for an object of that \term{type}
|
|
|
+ but really an \term{element} of the \term{type} in cases where \term{objects}
|
|
|
+ of that \term{type} (such as \typeref{function} or \typeref{class}) are commonly
|
|
|
+ referred to by \term{name}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The function \funref{symbol-function} takes a function name
|
|
|
+ and returns a function object.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{object-traversing} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ operating in succession on components of an \term{object}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The operators \funref{mapcar}, \funref{maphash},
|
|
|
+ \macref{with-package-iterator} and \funref{count}
|
|
|
+ perform object-traversing operations.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{open} \Adjective, \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{file})
|
|
|
+ 1. \TransitiveVerb\ to create and return a \term{stream} to the \term{file}.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Adjective\ (of a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ having been \term{opened}\meaning{1}, but not yet \term{closed}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{operator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{function}, \term{macro}, or \term{special operator}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{symbol} that names
|
|
|
+ such a \term{function}, \term{macro}, or \term{special operator}.
|
|
|
+ 3. (in a \specref{function} \term{special form})
|
|
|
+ the \term{cadr} of the \specref{function} \term{special form}, which
|
|
|
+ might be either an \term{operator}\meaning{2} or a \term{lambda expression}.
|
|
|
+%Barmar thinks that since operator(2) says "symbol" this last is unnecessary and confusing.
|
|
|
+%KMP disagrees because "lambda expression" is added here.
|
|
|
+ 4. (of a \term{compound form})
|
|
|
+ the \term{car} of the \term{compound form}, which might be
|
|
|
+ either an \term{operator}\meaning{2}
|
|
|
+%Moon asked whether this was permitted to include function objects,
|
|
|
+%but I don't think so. Barmar and Barrett also expressed that sentiment
|
|
|
+%in mail to Quinquevirate (subject line "#'#.#'car").
|
|
|
+%No one took the alternate viewpoint. -kmp 14-Nov-91
|
|
|
+ or a \term{lambda expression}, and which is never \f{(setf \term{symbol})}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{optimize quality} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ one of several aspects of a program that might be optimizable by
|
|
|
+ certain compilers. Since optimizing one such quality
|
|
|
+ might conflict with optimizing another, relative priorities for
|
|
|
+ qualities can be established in an \declref{optimize} \term{declaration}.
|
|
|
+ The \term{standardized} \term{optimize qualities} are
|
|
|
+ \f{compilation-speed} (speed of the compilation process),
|
|
|
+\issue{OPTIMIZE-DEBUG-INFO:NEW-QUALITY}
|
|
|
+ \f{debug} (ease of debugging),
|
|
|
+\endissue{OPTIMIZE-DEBUG-INFO:NEW-QUALITY}%
|
|
|
+ \f{safety} (run-time error checking),
|
|
|
+ \f{space} (both code size and run-time space),
|
|
|
+ and
|
|
|
+ \f{speed} (of the object code).
|
|
|
+ \term{Implementations} may define additional \term{optimize qualities}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{optional parameter} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A \term{parameter} for which a corresponding positional \term{argument}
|
|
|
+ is optional. If the \term{argument} is not supplied, a default value
|
|
|
+ is used. \SeetermAlso{supplied-p parameter}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{ordinary function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} that is not a \term{generic function}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{ordinary lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the kind of \term{lambda list} used by \misc{lambda}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{modified lambda list} and \term{extended lambda list}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\macref{defun} uses an ordinary lambda list.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{otherwise inaccessible part} \Noun\ (of an \term{object}, $O\sub{1}$)
|
|
|
+ an \term{object}, $O\sub{2}$, which would be made \term{inaccessible} if
|
|
|
+ $O\sub{1}$ were made \term{inaccessible}. (Every \term{object} is an
|
|
|
+ \term{otherwise inaccessible part} of itself.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{output} \Adjective\ (of a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ supporting output operations (\ie being a ``data sink'').
|
|
|
+ An \term{output} \term{stream} might also be an \term{input} \term{stream},
|
|
|
+ in which case it is sometimes called a \term{bidirectional} \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{output-stream-p}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{P}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{package} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: "interned" means "accessible" according to the glossary, but I thought
|
|
|
+% a symbol was supposed to be "present" in its home package. Maybe I'm wrong.
|
|
|
+\gentry{package cell} \Noun\ \Traditional\ (of a \term{symbol})
|
|
|
+ The \term{place} in a \term{symbol} that holds one of
|
|
|
+ possibly several \term{packages} in which the \term{symbol} is
|
|
|
+ \term{interned}, called the \term{home package}, or which holds
|
|
|
+ \nil\ if no such \term{package} exists or is known.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{symbol-package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{package designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{package}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{package}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ a \term{\packagenamedesignator}
|
|
|
+ (denoting the \term{package} that has the \term{string}
|
|
|
+ that it designates as its \term{name}
|
|
|
+ or as one of its \term{nicknames}),
|
|
|
+ or a \term{package} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{package marker} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a character which is used in the textual notation for a symbol
|
|
|
+ to separate the package name from the symbol name, and which
|
|
|
+ is \term{colon} in the \term{standard readtable}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CharacterSyntax.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% \gentry{package name designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% a \term{designator} for the \term{name} of a \term{package}; that is,
|
|
|
+% an \term{object} that denotes a \term{string}
|
|
|
+% and that is one of:
|
|
|
+% a \term{character} (denoting a \term{singleton} \term{string}
|
|
|
+% that has the \term{character} as its only \term{element}),
|
|
|
+% a \term{symbol} (denoting the \term{string} that is its \term{name}),
|
|
|
+% or a \term{string} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{package prefix} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a notation preceding the \term{name} of a \term{symbol} in text that is
|
|
|
+ processed by the \term{Lisp reader}, which uses a \term{package} \term{name}
|
|
|
+ followed by one or more \term{package markers}, and which indicates that
|
|
|
+ the symbol is looked up in the indicated \term{package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: Is DO-ALL-SYMBOLS really -required- not to find symbols in unregistered packages?
|
|
|
+\gentry{package registry} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A mapping of \term{names} to \term{package} \term{objects}.
|
|
|
+ It is possible for there to be a \term{package} \term{object} which is not
|
|
|
+ in this mapping; such a \term{package} is called an \term{unregistered package}.
|
|
|
+ \term{Operators} such as \funref{find-package} consult this mapping in order
|
|
|
+ to find a \term{package} from its \term{name}.
|
|
|
+ \term{Operators} such as \macref{do-all-symbols}, \funref{find-all-symbols},
|
|
|
+ and \funref{list-all-packages} operate only on \term{packages} that exist
|
|
|
+ in the \term{package registry}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{pairwise} \Adverb\ (of an adjective on a set)
|
|
|
+ applying individually to all possible pairings of elements of the set.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The types $A$, $B$, and $C$ are pairwise disjoint if
|
|
|
+ $A$ and $B$ are disjoint,
|
|
|
+ $B$ and $C$ are disjoint, and
|
|
|
+ $A$ and $C$ are disjoint.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! This needs work but should be better than nothing for now. -kmp 13-Feb-92
|
|
|
+\gentry{parallel} \Adjective\ \Traditional\ (of \term{binding} or \term{assignment})
|
|
|
+ done in the style of \macref{psetq}, \macref{let}, or \macref{do};
|
|
|
+ that is, first evaluating all of the \term{forms} that produce \term{values},
|
|
|
+ and only then \term{assigning} or \term{binding} the \term{variables} (or \term{places}).
|
|
|
+ Note that this does not imply traditional computational ``parallelism''
|
|
|
+ since the \term{forms} that produce \term{values} are evaluated \term{sequentially}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{sequential}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{parameter} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{function})
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|
+ a \term{variable} in the definition of a \term{function}
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+ which takes on the \term{value} of a corresponding \term{argument}
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+ (or of a \term{list} of corresponding arguments)
|
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+ to that \term{function} when it is called,
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|
+ or
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+ which in some cases is given a default value because there
|
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|
+ is no corresponding \term{argument}.
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+ 2. (of a \term{format directive})
|
|
|
+%Moon thinks "as data flow" is awkward. I don't know what to substitute. -kmp 15-Nov-91
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|
+ an \term{object} received as data flow by a \term{format directive}
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|
+ due to a prefix notation within the \term{format string} at the
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|
+ \term{format directive}'s point of use.
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|
+ \Seesection\FormattedOutput.
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|
+ \gexample{In \f{"~3,'0D"}, the number \f{3} and the character
|
|
|
+ \f{\#\\0} are parameters to the \f{~D} format directive.}
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+
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+\gentry{parameter specializer} \Noun\
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|
+ 1. (of a \term{method}) an \term{expression} which constrains the
|
|
|
+ \term{method} to be applicable only to \term{argument} sequences
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|
+ in which the corresponding \term{argument} matches the
|
|
|
+ \term{parameter specializer}.
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+ 2. a \term{class},
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|
+ or a \term{list} \f{(eql \term{object})}.
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|
+
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|
+\gentry{parameter specializer name} \Noun\
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|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{method} definition) an expression used in code to
|
|
|
+ name a \term{parameter specializer}.
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|
|
+ \Seesection\IntroToMethods.
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|
|
+ 2. a \term{class},
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|
+\issue{CLASS-OBJECT-SPECIALIZER:AFFIRM}
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|
+ a \term{symbol} naming a \term{class},
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+\endissue{CLASS-OBJECT-SPECIALIZER:AFFIRM}
|
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+ or a \term{list} \f{(eql \term{form})}.
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+
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+\gentry{pathname} \Noun\
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|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{pathname}, which is a structured representation
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|
|
+ of the name of a \term{file}. A \term{pathname} has six components:
|
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|
+ a ``host,''
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|
+ a ``device,''
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|
+ a ``directory,''
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|
+ a ``name,''
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|
+ a ``type,'' and
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|
|
+ a ``version.''
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+
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|
+\gentry{pathname designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{pathname}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{pathname}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+\issue{PATHNAME-LOGICAL:ADD}
|
|
|
+ a \term{pathname} \term{namestring}
|
|
|
+\issue{PATHNAME-HOST-PARSING:RECOGNIZE-LOGICAL-HOST-NAMES}
|
|
|
+% (denoting the corresponding \term{pathname};
|
|
|
+% unless explicitly specified otherwise,
|
|
|
+% only a \term{physical pathname} \term{namestring} is required
|
|
|
+% to be recognized by an \term{implementation} as
|
|
|
+% a \term{pathname designator}---whether
|
|
|
+% or not a \term{logical pathname} \term{namestring} is
|
|
|
+% permitted as a \term{pathname designator} is
|
|
|
+% \term{implementation-defined}),
|
|
|
+ (denoting the corresponding \term{pathname}),
|
|
|
+\endissue{PATHNAME-HOST-PARSING:RECOGNIZE-LOGICAL-HOST-NAMES}
|
|
|
+\endissue{PATHNAME-LOGICAL:ADD}
|
|
|
+ a \term{stream associated with a file}
|
|
|
+%% 23.1.2 32
|
|
|
+ (denoting the \term{pathname} used to open the \term{file};
|
|
|
+ this may be, but is not required to be, the actual name of the \term{file}),
|
|
|
+ or a \term{pathname} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\OpenAndClosedStreams.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% \editornote{KMP: `Pervasive' is still used, but isn't it supposed to be getting phased out?}
|
|
|
+%
|
|
|
+% \gentry{pervasive} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% ... needs a definition...
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{physical pathname} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{pathname} that is not a \term{logical pathname}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\editornote{KMP: Still need to reconcile some confusion in the uses of ``generalized
|
|
|
+ reference'' and ``place.'' I think one was supposed to refer to the
|
|
|
+ abstract concept, and the other to an object (a form), but the usages
|
|
|
+ have become blurred.}
|
|
|
+%Moon: I have no opinion.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{place} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{form} which is suitable for use as a \term{generalized reference}.
|
|
|
+ 2. the conceptual location referred to by such a \term{place}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{plist} \pronounced{\Stress{p\harde}\stress{list}} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{property list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{portable} \Adjective\ (of \term{code})
|
|
|
+ required to produce equivalent results and observable side effects
|
|
|
+ in all \term{conforming implementations}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{potential copy} \Noun\ (of an \term{object} $O\sub 1$ subject to constriants)
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} $O\sub 2$ that if the specified constraints are satisfied
|
|
|
+ by $O\sub 1$ without any modification might or might not be \term{identical}
|
|
|
+ to $O\sub 1$, or else that must be a \term{fresh} \term{object} that
|
|
|
+ resembles a \term{copy} of $O\sub 1$ except that it has been modified as
|
|
|
+ necessary to satisfy the constraints.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{potential number} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A textual notation that might be parsed by the \term{Lisp reader}
|
|
|
+ in some \term{conforming implementation} as a \term{number}
|
|
|
+ but is not required to be parsed as a \term{number}.
|
|
|
+ No \term{object} is a \term{potential number}---either an \term{object} is
|
|
|
+ a \term{number} or it is not.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\PotentialNumbersAsTokens.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{pprint dispatch table} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that can be \thevalueof{*print-pprint-dispatch*}
|
|
|
+ and hence can control how \term{objects} are printed when
|
|
|
+ \varref{*print-pretty*} is \term{true}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\PPrintDispatchTables.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{predicate} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} that returns a \term{generalized boolean}
|
|
|
+ as its first value.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{present} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{feature} in a \term{Lisp image})
|
|
|
+ a state of being that is in effect if and only if the \term{symbol}
|
|
|
+ naming the \term{feature} is an \term{element} of the \term{features list}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{symbol} in a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ being accessible in that \term{package} directly,
|
|
|
+ rather than being inherited from another \term{package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{pretty print} \TransitiveVerb\ (an \term{object})
|
|
|
+ to invoke the \term{pretty printer} on the \term{object}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% Waters observes:
|
|
|
+% In most places the text talks about the pretty printer either being used or not.
|
|
|
+% However, it is not all that clear what the pretty printer per se is. In the
|
|
|
+% description of *print-pprint-dispatch* I think that it makes it pretty clear that
|
|
|
+% what pretty printer means is that printing is controled by *print-pprint-dispatch*.
|
|
|
+% And in fact I believe that this is in fact all it means. You can put a value in
|
|
|
+% *print-pprint-dispatch* that makes pretty printing look exactly like
|
|
|
+% non-pretty-printing after all. Therefore, I think it would be an overall
|
|
|
+% clarification to say more often that setting *print-pretty* to true means having
|
|
|
+% *print-pprint-dispatch* control printing---nothing more and nothing less.
|
|
|
+\gentry{pretty printer} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the procedure that prints the character representation of an
|
|
|
+ \term{object} onto a \term{stream} when the \term{value} of
|
|
|
+ \varref{*print-pretty*} is \term{true},
|
|
|
+ and that uses layout techniques (\eg indentation) that
|
|
|
+ tend to highlight the structure of the \term{object} in a way that
|
|
|
+ makes it easier for human readers to parse visually.
|
|
|
+ \Seevar{*print-pprint-dispatch*} and \secref\PPrinter.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{pretty printing stream} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{stream} that does pretty printing. Such streams are created by
|
|
|
+ \thefunction{pprint-logical-block} as a link between the output stream
|
|
|
+ and the logical block.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{primary method} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a member of one of two sets of \term{methods}
|
|
|
+ (the set of \term{auxiliary methods} is the other)
|
|
|
+ that form an exhaustive partition of the set of \term{methods}
|
|
|
+ on the \term{method}'s \term{generic function}.
|
|
|
+ How these sets are determined is dependent on the \term{method combination} type;
|
|
|
+ \seesection\IntroToMethods.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{primary value} \Noun\ (of \term{values} resulting from the
|
|
|
+ \term{evaluation} of a \term{form})
|
|
|
+ the first \term{value}, if any, or else \nil\ if there are no \term{values}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The primary value returned by \funref{truncate} is an
|
|
|
+ integer quotient, truncated toward zero.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{principal} \Adjective\ (of a value returned by a \clisp\ \term{function} that
|
|
|
+ implements a mathematically irrational or transcendental
|
|
|
+ function defined in the complex domain)
|
|
|
+ of possibly many (sometimes an infinite number of) correct values for the
|
|
|
+ mathematical function, being the particular \term{value} which the corresponding
|
|
|
+ \clisp\ \term{function} has been defined to return.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{print name} \Noun\ \Traditional\ (usually of a \term{symbol})
|
|
|
+ a \term{name}\meaning{3}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{printer control variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{variable} whose specific purpose is to control some action
|
|
|
+ of the \term{Lisp printer}; that is, one of the \term{variables}
|
|
|
+ in \figref\StdPrinterControlVars,
|
|
|
+ or else some \term{implementation-defined} \term{variable} which is
|
|
|
+ defined by the \term{implementation} to be a \term{printer control variable}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{PRINT-READABLY-BEHAVIOR:CLARIFY}
|
|
|
+\gentry{printer escaping} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ The combined state of the \term{printer control variables}
|
|
|
+ \varref{*print-escape*} and \varref{*print-readably*}.
|
|
|
+ If the value of either \varref{*print-readably*} or \varref{*print-escape*} is \term{true},
|
|
|
+ then \newterm{printer escaping} is ``enabled'';
|
|
|
+ otherwise (if the values of both \varref{*print-readably*} and \varref{*print-escape*}
|
|
|
+ are \term{false}),
|
|
|
+ then \term{printer escaping} is ``disabled''.
|
|
|
+\endissue{PRINT-READABLY-BEHAVIOR:CLARIFY}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{printing} \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ being a \term{graphic} \term{character} other than \term{space}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{process} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{form} by the \term{compiler})
|
|
|
+ to perform \term{minimal compilation}, determining the time of
|
|
|
+ evaluation for a \term{form}, and possibly \term{evaluating} that
|
|
|
+ \term{form} (if required).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{processor} \Noun, \ANSI\
|
|
|
+ an \term{implementation}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{proclaim} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{proclamation})
|
|
|
+ to \term{establish} that \term{proclamation}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{proclamation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{global declaration}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{prog tag} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ a \term{go tag}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{program} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ \clisp\ \term{code}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{programmer} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an active entity, typically a human, that writes a \term{program},
|
|
|
+ and that might or might not also be a \term{user} of the \term{program}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{programmer code} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{code} that is supplied by the programmer;
|
|
|
+ that is, \term{code} that is not \term{system code}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{proper list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A \term{list} terminated by the \term{empty list}.
|
|
|
+ (The \term{empty list} is a \term{proper list}.)
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{improper list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{proper name} \Noun\ (of a \term{class})
|
|
|
+ a \term{symbol} that \term{names} the \term{class} whose \term{name}
|
|
|
+ is that \term{symbol}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefuns{class-name} and \funref{find-class}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{proper sequence} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{sequence} which is not an \term{improper list};
|
|
|
+ that is, a \term{vector} or a \term{proper list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% Moon: proper subtype -- I don't understand the parenthesized phrase, perhaps not
|
|
|
+% only because I believe types have members, not elements.
|
|
|
+\gentry{proper subtype} \Noun\ (of a \term{type})
|
|
|
+ a \term{subtype} of the \term{type} which is not the \term{same} \term{type}
|
|
|
+ as the \term{type} (\ie its \term{elements} are a ``proper subset'' of the
|
|
|
+ \term{type}).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{property} \Noun\ (of a \term{property list})
|
|
|
+ 1. a conceptual pairing of a \term{property indicator} and its
|
|
|
+ associated \term{property value} on a \term{property list}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{property value}.
|
|
|
+%%Barmar says he's never heard this usage. -kmp -11-Dec-90
|
|
|
+% 3. a \term{property indicator}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{property indicator} \Noun\ (of a \term{property list})
|
|
|
+ the \term{name} part of a \term{property}, used as a \term{key}
|
|
|
+ when looking up a \term{property value} on a \term{property list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{property list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+\issue{PLIST-DUPLICATES:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{list} containing an even number of \term{elements} that are
|
|
|
+ alternating \term{names} (sometimes called \term{indicators}
|
|
|
+ or \term{keys}) and \term{values} (sometimes called \term{properties}).
|
|
|
+ When there is more than one \term{name} and \term{value} pair with
|
|
|
+ the \term{identical} \term{name} in a \term{property list},
|
|
|
+ the first such pair determines the \term{property}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{PLIST-DUPLICATES:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{symbol})
|
|
|
+ the component of the \term{symbol} containing a \term{property list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{PLIST-DUPLICATES:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+% \gentry{property list format} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% the form of a property list, having an even number of \term{elements}
|
|
|
+% that are alternating \term{names} and \term{values}, but without the
|
|
|
+% implied restriction that no \term{keys} be duplicated.
|
|
|
+% \gexample{When \keyref{key} is used in a lambda list, the corresponding keyword
|
|
|
+% arguments are specified in property list format.}
|
|
|
+\endissue{PLIST-DUPLICATES:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{property value} \Noun\ (of a \term{property indicator} on
|
|
|
+ a \term{property list})
|
|
|
+ the \term{object} associated with the \term{property indicator}
|
|
|
+ on the \term{property list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{purports to conform} \Verb\
|
|
|
+ makes a good-faith claim of conformance.
|
|
|
+ This term expresses intention to conform, regardless of whether the
|
|
|
+ goal of that intention is realized in practice.
|
|
|
+ For example, language implementations have been known to have bugs,
|
|
|
+ and while an \term{implementation} of this specification with bugs
|
|
|
+ might not be a \term{conforming implementation}, it can still
|
|
|
+ \term{purport to conform}. This is an important distinction in
|
|
|
+ certain specific cases; \eg \seevar{*features*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{Q}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{qualified method} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{method} that has one or more \term{qualifiers}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%Maybe this should be called a method qualifier? -kmp
|
|
|
+\gentry{qualifier} \Noun\ (of a \term{method} for a \term{generic function})
|
|
|
+ one of possibly several \term{objects} used to annotate the \term{method}
|
|
|
+ in a way that identifies its role in the \term{method combination}.
|
|
|
+ The \term{method combination} \term{type} determines
|
|
|
+ how many \term{qualifiers} are permitted for each \term{method},
|
|
|
+ which \term{qualifiers} are permitted,
|
|
|
+ and
|
|
|
+ the semantics of those \term{qualifiers}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%qualifier list?
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{query I/O} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{bidirectional} \term{stream}
|
|
|
+ that is the \term{value} of \thevariable{*query-io*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{quoted object} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} which is the second element of a
|
|
|
+ \specref{quote} \term{form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{R}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{radix} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{integer} between 2 and 36, inclusive, which can be used
|
|
|
+ to designate a base with respect to which certain kinds of numeric
|
|
|
+ input or output are performed.
|
|
|
+%% 13.2.0 20
|
|
|
+ (There are $n$ valid digit characters for any given \term{radix} $n$,
|
|
|
+ and those digits are the first $n$ digits in the sequence
|
|
|
+ \f{0}, \f{1}, $\ldots$, \f{9}, \f{A}, \f{B}, $\ldots$, \f{Z},
|
|
|
+ which have the weights
|
|
|
+ \f{0}, \f{1}, $\ldots$, \f{9}, \f{10}, \f{11}, $\ldots$, \f{35},
|
|
|
+ respectively.
|
|
|
+ Case is not significant in parsing numbers of radix greater
|
|
|
+ than \f{10}, so ``9b8a'' and ``9B8A'' denote the same \term{radix}
|
|
|
+ \f{16} number.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{random state} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{random-state}.
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+
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+\gentry{rank} \Noun\
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+ a non-negative \term{integer} indicating the number of
|
|
|
+ \term{dimensions} of an \term{array}.
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+
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+\gentry{ratio} \Noun\
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+ an \term{object} \oftype{ratio}.
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+
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+\gentry{ratio marker} \Noun\
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|
+ a character which is used in the textual notation for a \term{ratio}
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|
+ to separate the numerator from the denominator, and which
|
|
|
+ is \term{slash} in the \term{standard readtable}.
|
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|
+ \Seesection\CharacterSyntax.
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+
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+\gentry{rational} \Noun\
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|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{rational}.
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+
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+\gentry{read} \TransitiveVerb\
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+\issue{IGNORE-USE-TERMINOLOGY:VALUE-ONLY}
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+ 1. (a \term{binding} or \term{slot} or component)
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+ to obtain the \term{value} of the \term{binding} or \term{slot}.
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+\endissue{IGNORE-USE-TERMINOLOGY:VALUE-ONLY}
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+ 2. (an \term{object} from a \term{stream})
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+ to parse an \term{object} from its representation on the \term{stream}.
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+
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|
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+%% There were no actual uses of this. -kmp 18-Jan-92
|
|
|
+% \gentry{read macro} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
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|
+% a \term{reader macro}.
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+
|
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|
+%% KMP: Maybe...
|
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+% \gentry{readable} \Adjective\ (of the printed representation of an \term{object})
|
|
|
+% printed \term{readably}.
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|
+
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|
+\gentry{readably} \Adverb\ (of a manner of printing an \term{object} $O\sub 1$)
|
|
|
+ in such a way as to permit the \term{Lisp Reader} to later \term{parse}
|
|
|
+ the printed output into an \term{object} $O\sub 2$ that is \term{similar} to $O\sub 1$.
|
|
|
+
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+\gentry{reader} \Noun\
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|
|
+ 1. a \term{function} that \term{reads}\meaning{1} a \term{variable} or \term{slot}.
|
|
|
+ 2. the \term{Lisp reader}.
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|
+
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|
+\gentry{reader macro} \Noun\
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|
|
+ 1. a textual notation introduced by dispatch on one or two \term{characters}
|
|
|
+ that defines special-purpose syntax for use by the \term{Lisp reader},
|
|
|
+ and that is implemented by a \term{reader macro function}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\ReaderAlgorithm.
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|
|
+ 2. the \term{character} or \term{characters} that introduce
|
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|
+ a \term{reader macro}\meaning{1}; that is,
|
|
|
+ a \term{macro character}
|
|
|
+ or the conceptual pairing of a \term{dispatching macro character} and the
|
|
|
+ \term{character} that follows it.
|
|
|
+ (A \term{reader macro} is not a kind of \term{macro}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{reader macro function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} \term{designator} that denotes a \term{function}
|
|
|
+ that implements a \term{reader macro}\meaning{2}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefuns{set-macro-character} and \funref{set-dispatch-macro-character}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{readtable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{readtable}.
|
|
|
+
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|
|
+\gentry{readtable case} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an attribute of a \term{readtable}
|
|
|
+ whose value is a \term{case sensitivity mode},
|
|
|
+ and that selects the manner in which \term{characters}
|
|
|
+ in a \term{symbol}'s \term{name} are to be treated by
|
|
|
+ the \term{Lisp reader}
|
|
|
+ and the \term{Lisp printer}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\ReadtableCaseReadEffect\ and \secref\ReadtableCasePrintEffect.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{readtable designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{readtable}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{readtable}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ \nil\ (denoting the \term{standard readtable}),
|
|
|
+ or a \term{readtable} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{recognizable subtype} \Noun\ (of a \term{type})
|
|
|
+ a \term{subtype} of the \term{type} which can be reliably detected
|
|
|
+ to be such by the \term{implementation}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{subtypep}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{reference} \Noun, \TransitiveVerb\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Noun\ an act or occurrence of referring to an \term{object},
|
|
|
+ a \term{binding}, an \term{exit point}, a \term{tag},
|
|
|
+ or an \term{environment}.
|
|
|
+%But what does "refer" mean?
|
|
|
+ 2. \TransitiveVerb\ to refer to an \term{object}, a \term{binding}, an
|
|
|
+ \term{exit point}, a \term{tag}, or an \term{environment},
|
|
|
+ usually by \term{name}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{registered package} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{package} \term{object} that is installed in the \term{package registry}.
|
|
|
+ (Every \term{registered package} has a \term{name} that is a \term{string},
|
|
|
+ as well as zero or more \term{string} nicknames.
|
|
|
+ All \term{packages} that are initially specified by \clisp\
|
|
|
+ or created by \funref{make-package} or \macref{defpackage}
|
|
|
+ are \term{registered packages}. \term{Registered packages} can be turned into
|
|
|
+ \term{unregistered packages} by \funref{delete-package}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{relative} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{time})
|
|
|
+ representing an offset from an \term{absolute} \term{time}
|
|
|
+ in the units appropriate to that time.
|
|
|
+ For example,
|
|
|
+ a \term{relative} \term{internal time} is the difference between
|
|
|
+ two \term{absolute} \term{internal times}, and is measured in
|
|
|
+ \term{internal time units}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{pathname})
|
|
|
+ representing a position in a directory hierarchy by motion
|
|
|
+ from a position other than the root, which might therefore vary.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The notation \f{\#P"../foo.text"} denotes a relative
|
|
|
+ pathname if the host file system is Unix.}
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{absolute}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{repertoire} \Noun, \ISO\
|
|
|
+ a \term{subtype} of \typeref{character}. \Seesection\CharRepertoires.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{report} \Noun\ (of a \term{condition})
|
|
|
+ to \term{call} \thefunction{print-object} on the \term{condition}
|
|
|
+ in an \term{environment} where \thevalueof{*print-escape*} is \term{false}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{report message} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the text that is output by a \term{condition reporter}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{required parameter} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A \term{parameter} for which a corresponding positional \term{argument}
|
|
|
+ must be supplied when \term{calling} the \term{function}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{rest list} \Noun\ (of a \term{function} having a \term{rest parameter})
|
|
|
+ The \term{list} to which the \term{rest parameter} is \term{bound} on some
|
|
|
+ particular \term{call} to the \term{function}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{rest parameter} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A \term{parameter} which was introduced by \keyref{rest}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{restart} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{restart}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{restart designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{restart}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{restart}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ a \term{non-nil} \term{symbol}
|
|
|
+ (denoting the most recently established \term{active}
|
|
|
+ \term{restart} whose \term{name} is that \term{symbol}),
|
|
|
+ or a \term{restart} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{restart function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} that invokes a \term{restart}, as if by \funref{invoke-restart}.
|
|
|
+ The primary purpose of a \term{restart function} is to provide an alternate
|
|
|
+ interface. By convention, a \term{restart function} usually has the same name
|
|
|
+ as the \term{restart} which it invokes. \Thenextfigure\ shows a list of the
|
|
|
+ \term{standardized} \term{restart functions}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\displaythree{Standardized Restart Functions}{
|
|
|
+abort&muffle-warning&use-value\cr
|
|
|
+continue&store-value&\cr
|
|
|
+}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{return} \TransitiveVerb\ (of \term{values})
|
|
|
+ 1. (from a \term{block}) to transfer control and \term{values} from the \term{block};
|
|
|
+ that is, to cause the \term{block} to \term{yield} the \term{values} immediately
|
|
|
+ without doing any further evaluation of the \term{forms} in its body.
|
|
|
+ 2. (from a \term{form}) to \term{yield} the \term{values}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{return value} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ a \term{value}\meaning{1}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{right-parenthesis} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} ``\f{)}'',
|
|
|
+ that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``right parenthesis''
|
|
|
+ or ``close parenthesis''
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%% No longer needed as a glossary term. \Seesection\RuleOfCanonRepForComplexRationals.
|
|
|
+%% -kmp
|
|
|
+%
|
|
|
+% %Moon says:
|
|
|
+% % rule of canonical representation for complex rationals -- you forgot to say the
|
|
|
+% % real part has to be rational. Compare CLtL2 p.291.
|
|
|
+% \gentry{rule of canonical representation for complex rationals} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% a requirement by \clisp\ on \term{conforming implementations} that all
|
|
|
+% numbers representing mathematical complex numbers with an imaginary part
|
|
|
+% of rational zero be represented by \clisp\ as \term{objects} \oftype{rational}
|
|
|
+% rather than as \term{objects} \oftype{complex}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{run time} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. \term{load time}
|
|
|
+ 2. \term{execution time}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{run-time compiler} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ refers to the \funref{compile} function or to \term{implicit compilation},
|
|
|
+ for which the compilation and run-time \term{environments} are maintained
|
|
|
+ in the same \term{Lisp image}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{run-time definition} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a definition in the \term{run-time environment}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{run-time environment} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{environment} in which a program is \term{executed}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{S}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{safe} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of \term{code})
|
|
|
+ processed in a \term{lexical environment} where the the highest
|
|
|
+ \declref{safety} level (\f{3}) was in effect.
|
|
|
+ \Seemisc{optimize}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{call}) a \term{safe call}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{safe call} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{call} in which
|
|
|
+ the \term{call},
|
|
|
+ the \term{function} being \term{called},
|
|
|
+ and the point of \term{functional evaluation}
|
|
|
+ are all \term{safe}\meaning{1} \term{code}.
|
|
|
+ For more detailed information, \seesection\SafeAndUnsafeCalls.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{same} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of \term{objects} under a specified \term{predicate})
|
|
|
+ indistinguishable by that \term{predicate}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The symbol \f{car}, the string \f{"car"}, and the string \f{"CAR"}
|
|
|
+ are the \f{same} under \funref{string-equal}}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of \term{objects} if no predicate is implied by context)
|
|
|
+ indistinguishable by \funref{eql}.
|
|
|
+ Note that \funref{eq} might be capable of distinguishing some
|
|
|
+ \term{numbers} and \term{characters} which \funref{eql} cannot
|
|
|
+ distinguish, but the nature of such, if any,
|
|
|
+ is \term{implementation-dependent}.
|
|
|
+ Since \funref{eq} is used only rarely in this specification,
|
|
|
+ \funref{eql} is the default predicate when none is mentioned explicitly.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The conses returned by two successive calls to \funref{cons}
|
|
|
+ are never the same.}
|
|
|
+ 3. (of \term{types}) having the same set of \term{elements};
|
|
|
+ that is, each \term{type} is a \term{subtype} of the others.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The types specified by \f{(integer 0 1)},
|
|
|
+ \f{(unsigned-byte 1)},
|
|
|
+ and \f{bit} are the same.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{satisfy the test} \Verb\
|
|
|
+ (of an \term{object} being considered by a \term{sequence function})
|
|
|
+ 1. (for a one \term{argument} test)
|
|
|
+ to be in a state such that the \term{function} which is the
|
|
|
+ \param{predicate} \term{argument} to the \term{sequence function}
|
|
|
+ returns \term{true} when given a single \term{argument} that is the
|
|
|
+ result of calling the \term{sequence function}'s \param{key} \term{argument}
|
|
|
+ on the \term{object} being considered.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\SatisfyingTheOneArgTest.
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: Shouldn't the test-not predicate return false to satisfy the test?
|
|
|
+% Also, sometimes both arguments are run through the key,
|
|
|
+% e.g., search, mismatch; you're perhaps being too specific.
|
|
|
+ 2. (for a two \term{argument} test)
|
|
|
+ to be in a state such that the two-place \term{predicate}
|
|
|
+ which is the \term{sequence function}'s
|
|
|
+ \param{test} \term{argument}
|
|
|
+ returns \term{true} when given a first \term{argument} that
|
|
|
+ is
|
|
|
+% the result of calling the \term{sequence function}'s
|
|
|
+% \param{key} \term{argument} on
|
|
|
+ the \term{object} being considered,
|
|
|
+ and when given a second \term{argument}
|
|
|
+ that is the result of calling the \term{sequence function}'s
|
|
|
+ \param{key} \term{argument} on an \term{element} of the
|
|
|
+ \term{sequence function}'s \param{sequence} \term{argument}
|
|
|
+ which is being tested for equality;
|
|
|
+ or to be in a state such that the \param{test-not} \term{function}
|
|
|
+ returns \term{false} given the same \term{arguments}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\SatisfyingTheTwoArgTest.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: Can scope ever apply to anything but a name?
|
|
|
+% I think objects and environments have extent but not scope.
|
|
|
+\gentry{scope} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the structural or textual region of code in which \term{references}
|
|
|
+ to an \term{object}, a \term{binding}, an \term{exit point},
|
|
|
+ a \term{tag}, or an \term{environment} (usually by \term{name})
|
|
|
+ can occur.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{script} \Noun\ \ISO\
|
|
|
+ one of possibly several sets that form an \term{exhaustive partition}
|
|
|
+ of the type \typeref{character}. \Seesection\CharScripts.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{secondary value} \Noun\ (of \term{values} resulting from the
|
|
|
+ \term{evaluation} of a \term{form})
|
|
|
+ the second \term{value}, if any,
|
|
|
+ or else \nil\ if there are fewer than two \term{values}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The secondary value returned by \funref{truncate} is a remainder.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{section} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a partitioning of output by a \term{conditional newline} on a \term{pretty printing stream}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\DynamicControlofOutput.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{self-evaluating object} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that is neither a \term{symbol} nor a
|
|
|
+% \term{compound form} => \term{cons} because Moon pointed out that
|
|
|
+% this wrongly seemed to permit things which were conses but not valid forms.
|
|
|
+ \term{cons}.
|
|
|
+ If a \term{self-evaluating object} is \term{evaluated},
|
|
|
+ it \term{yields} itself as its only \term{value}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{Strings are self-evaluating objects.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{semi-standard} \Adjective\ (of a language feature)
|
|
|
+ not required to be implemented by any \term{conforming implementation},
|
|
|
+ but nevertheless recommended as the canonical approach in situations where
|
|
|
+ an \term{implementation} does plan to support such a feature.
|
|
|
+ The presence of \term{semi-standard} aspects in the language is intended
|
|
|
+ to lessen portability problems and reduce the risk of gratuitous divergence
|
|
|
+ among \term{implementations} that might stand in the way of future
|
|
|
+ standardization.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{semicolon} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is called ``semicolon'' (\f{;}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{sequence} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. an ordered collection of elements
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{vector} or a \term{list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{sequence function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ one of the \term{functions} in \figref\SequenceFunctions,
|
|
|
+ or an \term{implementation-defined} \term{function}
|
|
|
+ that operates on one or more \term{sequences}.
|
|
|
+ and that is defined by the \term{implementation} to be a \term{sequence function}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! This needs work but should be better than nothing for now. -kmp 13-Feb-92
|
|
|
+\gentry{sequential} \Adjective\ \Traditional\ (of \term{binding} or \term{assignment})
|
|
|
+ done in the style of \macref{setq}, \macref{let*}, or \macref{do*};
|
|
|
+ that is, interleaving the evaluation of the \term{forms} that produce \term{values}
|
|
|
+ with the \term{assignments} or \term{bindings} of the \term{variables} (or \term{places}).
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{parallel}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{sequentially} \Adverb\
|
|
|
+ in a \term{sequential} way.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{serious condition} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{condition} \oftype{serious-condition},
|
|
|
+ which represents a \term{situation} that is generally sufficiently
|
|
|
+ severe that entry into the \term{debugger} should be expected if
|
|
|
+ the \term{condition} is \term{signaled} but not \term{handled}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{session} \Noun\
|
|
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+ the conceptual aggregation of events in a \term{Lisp image} from the time
|
|
|
+ it is started to the time it is terminated.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{set} \TransitiveVerb\ \Traditional\ (any \term{variable}
|
|
|
+ or a \term{symbol} that
|
|
|
+ is the \term{name} of a \term{dynamic variable})
|
|
|
+ to \term{assign} the \term{variable}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{SETF-METHOD-VS-SETF-METHOD:RENAME-OLD-TERMS}
|
|
|
+\gentry{setf expander} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a function used by \macref{setf} to compute the \term{setf expansion}
|
|
|
+ of a \term{place}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{SETF-METHOD-VS-SETF-METHOD:RENAME-OLD-TERMS}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{SETF-METHOD-VS-SETF-METHOD:RENAME-OLD-TERMS}
|
|
|
+\gentry{setf expansion} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a set of five \term{expressions}\meaning{1} that, taken together, describe
|
|
|
+ how to store into a \term{place}
|
|
|
+ and which \term{subforms} of the macro call associated with the
|
|
|
+ \term{place} are evaluated.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\SetfExpansions.
|
|
|
+\endissue{SETF-METHOD-VS-SETF-METHOD:RENAME-OLD-TERMS}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{setf function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} whose \term{name} is \f{(setf \term{symbol})}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{LISP-SYMBOL-REDEFINITION-AGAIN:MORE-FIXES}
|
|
|
+\gentry{setf function name} \Noun\ (of a \term{symbol} \param{S})
|
|
|
+ the \term{list} \f{(setf \param{S})}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{LISP-SYMBOL-REDEFINITION-AGAIN:MORE-FIXES}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{shadow} \TransitiveVerb\
|
|
|
+ 1. to override the meaning of.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{That binding of \f{X} shadows an outer one.}
|
|
|
+ 2. to hide the presence of.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{That \specref{macrolet} of \f{F} shadows the
|
|
|
+ outer \specref{flet} of \f{F}.}
|
|
|
+ 3. to replace.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{That package shadows the symbol \f{cl:car} with
|
|
|
+ its own symbol \f{car}.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{shadowing symbol} \Noun\ (in a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ an \term{element} of the \term{package}'s \term{shadowing symbols list}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{shadowing symbols list} \Noun\ (of a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ a \term{list}, associated with the \term{package},
|
|
|
+ of \term{symbols} that are to be exempted from `symbol conflict errors'
|
|
|
+ detected when packages are \term{used}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{package-shadowing-symbols}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{shared slot} \Noun\ (of a \term{class})
|
|
|
+ a \term{slot} \term{accessible} in more than one \term{instance}
|
|
|
+ of a \term{class}; specifically, such a \term{slot} is \term{accessible}
|
|
|
+ in all \term{direct instances} of the \term{class} and in those
|
|
|
+ \term{indirect instances} whose \term{class} does not
|
|
|
+ \term{shadow}\meaning{1} the \term{slot}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{sharpsign} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is variously called ``number sign,'' ``sharp,''
|
|
|
+ or ``sharp sign'' (\f{\#}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{short float} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{short-float}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{sign} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ one of the \term{standard characters} ``\f{+}'' or ``\f{-}''.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{signal} \Verb\
|
|
|
+ to announce, using a standard protocol, that a particular situation,
|
|
|
+ represented by a \term{condition}, has been detected.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\ConditionSystemConcepts.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{signature} \Noun\ (of a \term{method})
|
|
|
+ a description of the \term{parameters} and
|
|
|
+ \term{parameter specializers} for the \term{method} which
|
|
|
+ determines the \term{method}'s applicability for a given set of
|
|
|
+ required \term{arguments}, and which also describes the
|
|
|
+ \term{argument} conventions for its other, non-required
|
|
|
+ \term{arguments}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{similar} \Adjective\ (of two \term{objects})
|
|
|
+ defined to be equivalent under the \term{similarity} relationship.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{similarity} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a two-place conceptual equivalence predicate,
|
|
|
+ which is independent of the \term{Lisp image}
|
|
|
+ so that two \term{objects} in different \term{Lisp images}
|
|
|
+ can be understood to be equivalent under this predicate.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\LiteralsInCompiledFiles.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{simple} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of an \term{array}) being \oftype{simple-array}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ having no \term{implementation-defined} \term{attributes},
|
|
|
+ or else having \term{implementation-defined} \term{attributes}
|
|
|
+ each of which has the \term{null} value for that \term{attribute}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{simple array} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{array} \oftype{simple-array}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{simple bit array} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{bit array} that is a \term{simple array};
|
|
|
+ that is, an \term{object} of \term{type} \f{(simple-array bit)}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{simple bit vector} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{bit vector} \oftype{simple-bit-vector}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{simple condition} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{condition} \oftype{simple-condition}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{simple general vector} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{simple vector}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{simple string} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{string} \oftype{simple-string}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: "not the same as a one-dimensional simple array.
|
|
|
+% Does the addition of the "Not all ..." thing fix that? (Mail sent to Moon.) -kmp 14-Jan-92
|
|
|
+\gentry{simple vector} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{vector} \oftype{simple-vector},
|
|
|
+ sometimes called a ``\term{simple general vector}.''
|
|
|
+ Not all \term{vectors} that are \term{simple} are \term{simple vectors}---only
|
|
|
+ those that have \term{element type} \typeref{t}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{single escape} \Noun, \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. \Noun\ the \term{syntax type} of a \term{character}
|
|
|
+ that indicates that the next \term{character} is
|
|
|
+ to be treated as an \term{alphabetic}\meaning{2} \term{character}
|
|
|
+ with its \term{case} preserved.
|
|
|
+ For details, \seesection\SingleEscapeChar.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ having the \term{single escape} \term{syntax type}.
|
|
|
+ 3. \Noun\ a \term{single escape}\meaning{2} \term{character}.
|
|
|
+ (In the \term{standard readtable},
|
|
|
+ \term{slash} is the only \term{single escape}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{single float} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{single-float}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{single-quote} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``apostrophe,''
|
|
|
+ ``acute accent,''
|
|
|
+ ``quote,''
|
|
|
+ or ``single quote'' (\f{'}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{singleton} \Adjective\ (of a \term{sequence})
|
|
|
+ having only one \term{element}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\f{(list 'hello)} returns a singleton list.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{situation} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{evaluation} of a \term{form} in a specific \term{environment}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{slash} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is variously called
|
|
|
+ ``solidus''
|
|
|
+ or ``slash'' (\f{/}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: too general--limit to CLOS slots. "a named component"?
|
|
|
+\gentry{slot} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a component of an \term{object} that can store a \term{value}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% slot option?
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% Per X3J13 -kmp 5-Oct-93
|
|
|
+\gentry{slot specifier} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a representation of a \term{slot}
|
|
|
+ that includes the \term{name} of the \term{slot} and zero or more \term{slot} options.
|
|
|
+ A \term{slot} option pertains only to a single \term{slot}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{source code} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{code} representing \term{objects} suitable for \term{evaluation}
|
|
|
+ (\eg \term{objects} created by \funref{read},
|
|
|
+ by \term{macro expansion},
|
|
|
+\issue{DEFINE-COMPILER-MACRO:X3J13-NOV89}
|
|
|
+ or by \term{compiler macro expansion}).
|
|
|
+\endissue{DEFINE-COMPILER-MACRO:X3J13-NOV89}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{source file} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{file} which contains a textual representation of \term{source code},
|
|
|
+ that can be edited, \term{loaded}, or \term{compiled}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{space} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} \SpaceChar,
|
|
|
+ notated for the \term{Lisp reader} as \f{\#\\Space}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{special form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{list}, other than a \term{macro form}, which is a
|
|
|
+ \term{form} with special syntax or special \term{evaluation}
|
|
|
+ rules or both, possibly manipulating the \term{evaluation}
|
|
|
+ \term{environment} or control flow or both. The first element of
|
|
|
+ a \term{special form} is a \term{special operator}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{special operator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ one of a fixed set of \term{symbols},
|
|
|
+ enumerated in \figref\CLSpecialOps,
|
|
|
+ that may appear in the \term{car} of
|
|
|
+ a \term{form} in order to identify the \term{form} as a \term{special form}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{special variable} \Noun\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ a \term{dynamic variable}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{specialize} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{generic function})
|
|
|
+ to define a \term{method} for the \term{generic function}, or in other words,
|
|
|
+ to refine the behavior of the \term{generic function} by giving it a specific
|
|
|
+ meaning for a particular set of \term{classes} or \term{arguments}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{specialized} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{generic function})
|
|
|
+ having \term{methods} which \term{specialize} the \term{generic function}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ having an \term{actual array element type}
|
|
|
+ that is a \term{proper subtype} of \thetype{t};
|
|
|
+ \seesection\ArrayElements.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\f{(make-array 5 :element-type 'bit)} makes an array of length
|
|
|
+ five that is specialized for bits.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{specialized lambda list} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{extended lambda list} used in \term{forms} that \term{establish}
|
|
|
+ \term{method} definitions, such as \macref{defmethod}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\SpecializedLambdaLists.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{spreadable argument list designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{list} of \term{objects}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{list}
|
|
|
+ and that is a \term{non-null} \term{list} $L1$ of length $n$,
|
|
|
+ whose last element is a \term{list} $L2$ of length $m$
|
|
|
+ (denoting a list $L3$ of length $m+n-1$ whose \term{elements} are
|
|
|
+ $L1\sub i$ for $i < n-1$ followed by $L2\sub j$ for $j < m$).
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The list (1 2 (3 4 5)) is a spreadable argument list designator for
|
|
|
+ the list (1 2 3 4 5).}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{stack allocate} \TransitiveVerb\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ to allocate in a non-permanent way, such as on a stack. Stack-allocation
|
|
|
+ is an optimization technique used in some \term{implementations} for
|
|
|
+ allocating certain kinds of \term{objects} that have \term{dynamic extent}.
|
|
|
+ Such \term{objects} are allocated on the stack rather than in the heap
|
|
|
+ so that their storage can be freed as part of unwinding the stack rather
|
|
|
+ than taking up space in the heap until the next garbage collection.
|
|
|
+ What \term{types} (if any) can have \term{dynamic extent} can vary
|
|
|
+ from \term{implementation} to \term{implementation}. No
|
|
|
+ \term{implementation} is ever required to perform stack-allocation.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon thinks this is too circular.
|
|
|
+\gentry{stack-allocated} \Adjective\ \Traditional\
|
|
|
+ having been \term{stack allocated}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard character} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{character} \oftype{standard-char}, which is one of a fixed set of 96
|
|
|
+ such \term{characters} required to be present in all \term{conforming implementations}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\StandardChars.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% Definitions of terms "standard function", "standard macro", and "standard special form"
|
|
|
+% removed since they were not used anywhere, and since they were yucky anyway.
|
|
|
+% -kmp 15-Oct-91
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%Moon: "direct instance" or "generalized instance". I think it's "direct"
|
|
|
+% but don't know for sure.
|
|
|
+%After some discussion (with subject line "standard class, standard generic function"),
|
|
|
+%Moon and KMP think this is a technical issue which requires X3J13 vote to proceed on.
|
|
|
+%Leaving it unchanged for now. -kmp 15-Nov-91
|
|
|
+%Changing it to "generalized instance" on advice from Quinquevirate. -kmp 14-Feb-92
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard class} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{class} that is a \term{generalized instance} \ofclass{standard-class}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%Moon: Same comment as for "standard class".
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard generic function}
|
|
|
+ a \term{function} \oftype{standard-generic-function}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard input} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{input} \term{stream} which is the \term{value} of the \term{dynamic variable}
|
|
|
+ \varref{*standard-input*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard method combination} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{method combination} named \typeref{standard}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard object} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that is
|
|
|
+%This phrase added per Moon:
|
|
|
+ a \term{generalized instance}
|
|
|
+ \ofclass{standard-object}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard output} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{output} \term{stream} which is the \term{value} of the \term{dynamic variable}
|
|
|
+ \varref{*standard-output*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{KMP-COMMENTS-ON-SANDRA-COMMENTS:X3J13-MAR-92}
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard pprint dispatch table} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A \term{pprint dispatch table} that is \term{different} from
|
|
|
+ the \term{initial pprint dispatch table},
|
|
|
+ that implements \term{pretty printing} as described in this specification,
|
|
|
+ and that, unlike other \term{pprint dispatch tables},
|
|
|
+ must never be modified by any program.
|
|
|
+ (Although the definite reference ``the \term{standard pprint dispatch table}''
|
|
|
+ is generally used
|
|
|
+ within this document, it is actually \term{implementation-dependent} whether a
|
|
|
+ single \term{object} fills the role of the \term{standard pprint dispatch table},
|
|
|
+ or whether there might be multiple such objects, any one of which could be used on any
|
|
|
+ given occasion where ``the \term{standard pprint dispatch table}'' is called for.
|
|
|
+ As such, this phrase should be seen as an indefinite reference
|
|
|
+ in all cases except for anaphoric references.)
|
|
|
+\endissue{KMP-COMMENTS-ON-SANDRA-COMMENTS:X3J13-MAR-92}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{WITH-STANDARD-IO-SYNTAX-READTABLE:X3J13-MAR-91}
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard readtable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ A \term{readtable} that is \term{different} from the \term{initial readtable},
|
|
|
+ that implements the \term{expression} syntax defined in this specification,
|
|
|
+ and that, unlike other \term{readtables}, must never be modified by any program.
|
|
|
+ (Although the definite reference ``the \term{standard readtable}'' is generally used
|
|
|
+ within this document, it is actually \term{implementation-dependent} whether a
|
|
|
+ single \term{object} fills the role of the \term{standard readtable},
|
|
|
+ or whether there might be multiple such objects, any one of which could be used on any
|
|
|
+ given occasion where ``the \term{standard readtable}'' is called for.
|
|
|
+ As such, this phrase should be seen as an indefinite reference
|
|
|
+ in all cases except for anaphoric references.)
|
|
|
+\endissue{WITH-STANDARD-IO-SYNTAX-READTABLE:X3J13-MAR-91}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{standard syntax} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the syntax represented by the \term{standard readtable}
|
|
|
+ and used as a reference syntax throughout this document.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\TheStandardSyntax.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{standardized} \Adjective\ (of a \term{name}, \term{object}, or definition)
|
|
|
+ having been defined by \clisp.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{All standardized variables that are required to
|
|
|
+ hold bidirectional streams have ``\f{-io*}'' in their name.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{startup environment} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{global environment} of the running \term{Lisp image}
|
|
|
+ from which the \term{compiler} was invoked.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{step} \TransitiveVerb, \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. \TransitiveVerb\ (an iteration \term{variable}) to \term{assign} the \term{variable}
|
|
|
+ a new \term{value} at the end of an iteration, in preparation for a new iteration.
|
|
|
+ 2. \Noun\ the \term{code} that identifies how the next value in an iteration
|
|
|
+ is to be computed.
|
|
|
+ 3. \TransitiveVerb\ (\term{code}) to specially execute the \term{code}, pausing at
|
|
|
+ intervals to allow user confirmation or intervention, usually for debugging.
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+
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+\gentry{stream} \Noun\
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|
+ an \term{object} that can be used with an input or output function to
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|
+ identify an appropriate source or sink of \term{characters} or
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|
+ \term{bytes} for that operation.
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+
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+\issue{CLOSED-STREAM-FUNCTIONS:ALLOW-INQUIRY}
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|
+\issue{PATHNAME-STREAM:FILES-OR-SYNONYM}
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+\gentry{stream associated with a file} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{file stream}, or a \term{synonym stream} the \term{target}
|
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|
+ of which is a \term{stream associated with a file}.
|
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|
+%!!! I wonder if this really needs to be said...
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|
+ Such a \term{stream} cannot be created with
|
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|
+ \funref{make-two-way-stream},
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+ \funref{make-echo-stream},
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+ \funref{make-broadcast-stream},
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|
+ \funref{make-concatenated-stream},
|
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|
+ \funref{make-string-input-stream},
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+ or \funref{make-string-output-stream}.
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+\endissue{PATHNAME-STREAM:FILES-OR-SYNONYM}
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+\endissue{CLOSED-STREAM-FUNCTIONS:ALLOW-INQUIRY}
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+
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+\gentry{stream designator} \Noun\
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|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{stream}; that is,
|
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|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{stream}
|
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|
+ and that is one of:
|
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|
+ \t\ (denoting \thevalueof{*terminal-io*}),
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|
+ \nil\ (denoting \thevalueof{*standard-input*}
|
|
|
+ for \term{input} \term{stream designators}
|
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|
+ or denoting \thevalueof{*standard-output*}
|
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+ for \term{output} \term{stream designators}),
|
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|
+ or a \term{stream} (denoting itself).
|
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+
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+\gentry{stream element type} \Noun\ (of a \term{stream})
|
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|
+ the \term{type} of data for which the \term{stream} is specialized.
|
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|
+%KMP: Is there a notion of upgraded element type in this situation?
|
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|
+%Moon: Surely! But there is no way for a portable program to detect it.
|
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+
|
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+\gentry{stream variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{variable} whose \term{value} must be a \term{stream}.
|
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+
|
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|
+\gentry{stream variable designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{stream variable}; that is,
|
|
|
+ a \term{symbol} that denotes a \term{stream variable}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ \t\ (denoting \varref{*terminal-io*}),
|
|
|
+ \nil\ (denoting \varref{*standard-input*}
|
|
|
+ for \term{input} \term{stream variable designators}
|
|
|
+ or denoting \varref{*standard-output*}
|
|
|
+ for \term{output} \term{stream variable designators}),
|
|
|
+ or some other \term{symbol} (denoting itself).
|
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+
|
|
|
+\gentry{string} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a specialized \term{vector} that is \oftype{string},
|
|
|
+ and whose elements are \oftypes{character}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{string designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{designator} for a \term{string}; that is,
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that denotes a \term{string}
|
|
|
+ and that is one of:
|
|
|
+ a \term{character} (denoting a \term{singleton} \term{string}
|
|
|
+ that has the \term{character} as its only \term{element}),
|
|
|
+ a \term{symbol} (denoting the \term{string} that is its \term{name}),
|
|
|
+ or a \term{string} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+\issue{STRING-COERCION:MAKE-CONSISTENT}
|
|
|
+ The intent is that this term be consistent with the behavior of \funref{string};
|
|
|
+ \term{implementations} that extend \funref{string} must extend the meaning of
|
|
|
+ this term in a compatible way.
|
|
|
+\endissue{STRING-COERCION:MAKE-CONSISTENT}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{string equal} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ the \term{same} under \funref{string-equal}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{string stream} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{stream} \oftype{string-stream}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{structure} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{structure-object}.
|
|
|
+% It's really pathetic that the type structure-object
|
|
|
+% is not just called structure. -kmp 2-Jan-91
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{structure class} \Noun\
|
|
|
+%Moon: See comment for standard class.
|
|
|
+%"instance" => "generalized instance" per Quinquevirate. -kmp 14-Feb-92
|
|
|
+ a \term{class} that is a \term{generalized instance} \ofclass{structure-class}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{structure name} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{name} defined with \macref{defstruct}.
|
|
|
+ Usually, such a \term{type} is also a \term{structure class},
|
|
|
+%!!! Really? Must they be implementation-dependent?
|
|
|
+ but there may be \term{implementation-dependent} situations
|
|
|
+ in which this is not so, if the \kwd{type} option to \macref{defstruct} is used.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{style warning} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{condition} \oftype{style-warning}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{subclass} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{class} that \term{inherits} from another \term{class},
|
|
|
+ called a \term{superclass}.
|
|
|
+ (No \term{class} is a \term{subclass} of itself.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{subexpression} \Noun\ (of an \term{expression})
|
|
|
+ an \term{expression} that is contained within the \term{expression}.
|
|
|
+ (In fact, the state of being a \term{subexpression} is not an attribute
|
|
|
+ of the \term{subexpression}, but really an attribute of the containing
|
|
|
+ \term{expression} since the \term{same} \term{object} can at once be
|
|
|
+ a \term{subexpression} in one context, and not in another.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{subform} \Noun\ (of a \term{form})
|
|
|
+ an \term{expression} that is a \term{subexpression} of the \term{form},
|
|
|
+ and which by virtue of its position in that \term{form} is also a
|
|
|
+ \term{form}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{\f{(f x)} and \f{x}, but not \f{exit}, are subforms of
|
|
|
+ \f{(return-from exit (f x))}.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{subrepertoire} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a subset of a \term{repertoire}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{subtype} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{type} whose membership is the same as or a proper subset of the
|
|
|
+ membership of another \term{type}, called a \term{supertype}.
|
|
|
+ (Every \term{type} is a \term{subtype} of itself.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{superclass} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{class} from which another \term{class}
|
|
|
+ (called a \term{subclass}) \term{inherits}.
|
|
|
+ (No \term{class} is a \term{superclass} of itself.)
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{subclass}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{supertype} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{type} whose membership is the same as or a proper superset
|
|
|
+ of the membership of another \term{type}, called a \term{subtype}.
|
|
|
+ (Every \term{type} is a \term{supertype} of itself.)
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{subtype}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{supplied-p parameter} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{parameter} which recieves its \term{generalized boolean} value
|
|
|
+ implicitly due to the presence or absence of an \term{argument}
|
|
|
+ corresponding to another \term{parameter}
|
|
|
+ (such as an \term{optional parameter} or a \term{rest parameter}).
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\OrdinaryLambdaLists.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{symbol} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} \oftype{symbol}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{symbol macro} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{symbol} that stands for another \term{form}.
|
|
|
+ \Seemac{symbol-macrolet}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% \gentry{symbol name designator} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% a \term{designator} for the \term{name} of a \term{symbol}; that is,
|
|
|
+% an \term{object} that denotes a \term{symbol}
|
|
|
+% and that is one of:
|
|
|
+% a \term{character} (denoting a \term{singleton} \term{string}
|
|
|
+% that has the \term{character} as its only \term{element}),
|
|
|
+% a \term{symbol} (denoting the \term{string} that is its \term{name}),
|
|
|
+% or a \term{string} (denoting itself).
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{synonym stream} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{stream} \oftype{synonym-stream},
|
|
|
+ which is consequently a \term{stream} that is an alias for another \term{stream},
|
|
|
+ which is the \term{value} of a \term{dynamic variable}
|
|
|
+ whose \term{name} is the \term{synonym stream symbol} of the \term{synonym stream}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{make-synonym-stream}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (to a \term{stream})
|
|
|
+ a \term{synonym stream} which has the \term{stream} as the \term{value}
|
|
|
+ of its \term{synonym stream symbol}.
|
|
|
+ 3. (to a \term{symbol})
|
|
|
+ a \term{synonym stream} which has the \term{symbol} as its
|
|
|
+ \term{synonym stream symbol}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{synonym stream symbol} \Noun\ (of a \term{synonym stream})
|
|
|
+ the \term{symbol} which names the \term{dynamic variable} which has as its
|
|
|
+ \term{value} another \term{stream} for which the \term{synonym stream}
|
|
|
+ is an alias.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{syntax type} \Noun\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ one of several classifications, enumerated in \figref\PossibleSyntaxTypes,
|
|
|
+ that are used for dispatch during parsing by the \term{Lisp reader}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CharacterSyntaxTypes.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{system class} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{class} that may be \oftype{built-in-class} in a \term{conforming implementation}
|
|
|
+ and hence cannot be inherited by \term{classes} defined by \term{conforming programs}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{system code} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{code} supplied by the \term{implementation} to implement this specification
|
|
|
+ (\eg the definition of \funref{mapcar})
|
|
|
+ or generated automatically in support of this specification
|
|
|
+ (\eg during method combination);
|
|
|
+ that is, \term{code} that is not \term{programmer code}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+% %!!! Now that there's this term "standarized", this term could probably go away.
|
|
|
+% % -kmp 24-Jan-92
|
|
|
+% \gentry{system stream variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% a \term{standardized} \term{stream variable}.
|
|
|
+% \Seesection\StreamConcepts.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{T}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{t} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a. the \term{boolean} representing true.
|
|
|
+ b. the canonical \term{generalized boolean} representing true.
|
|
|
+ (Although any \term{object} other than \nil\ is considered \term{true}
|
|
|
+ as a \term{generalized boolean},
|
|
|
+ \f{t} is generally used when there is no special reason to prefer one
|
|
|
+ such \term{object} over another.)
|
|
|
+ 2. the \term{name} of the \term{type} to which all \term{objects} belong---the
|
|
|
+ \term{supertype} of all \term{types} (including itself).
|
|
|
+ 3. the \term{name} of the \term{superclass} of all \term{classes} except itself.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{tag} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a \term{catch tag}.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{go tag}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{TAILP-NIL:T}
|
|
|
+\gentry{tail} \Noun\ (of a \term{list})
|
|
|
+ an \term{object} that is the \term{same} as either some \term{cons}
|
|
|
+ which makes up that \term{list} or the \term{atom} (if any) which terminates
|
|
|
+ the \term{list}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The empty list is a tail of every proper list.}
|
|
|
+\endissue{TAILP-NIL:T}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{target} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{constructed stream})
|
|
|
+ a \term{constituent} of the \term{constructed stream}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The target of a synonym stream is
|
|
|
+ the value of its synonym stream symbol.}
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{displaced array})
|
|
|
+ the \term{array} to which the \term{displaced array} is displaced.
|
|
|
+ (In the case of a chain of \term{constructed streams} or \term{displaced arrays},
|
|
|
+ the unqualified term ``\term{target}'' always refers to the immediate
|
|
|
+ \term{target} of the first item in the chain, not the immediate target
|
|
|
+ of the last item.)
|
|
|
+%!!! Do we want a term "eventual target" to talk about the last item?
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{terminal I/O} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{bidirectional} \term{stream}
|
|
|
+ that is the \term{value} of \thevariable{*terminal-io*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{terminating} \Noun\ (of a \term{macro character})
|
|
|
+ being such that, if it appears while parsing a token, it terminates that token.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\ReaderAlgorithm.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{tertiary value} \Noun\ (of \term{values} resulting from the
|
|
|
+ \term{evaluation} of a \term{form})
|
|
|
+ the third \term{value}, if any,
|
|
|
+ or else \nil\ if there are fewer than three \term{values}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{throw} \Verb\
|
|
|
+ to transfer control and \term{values} to a \term{catch}.
|
|
|
+ \Seespec{throw}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{tilde} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is called ``tilde'' (\f{~}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: What's a "time line"?
|
|
|
+\gentry{time}
|
|
|
+ a representation of a point (\term{absolute} \term{time})
|
|
|
+ or an interval (\term{relative} \term{time})
|
|
|
+ on a time line.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{decoded time}, \term{internal time}, and \term{universal time}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{TIME-ZONE-NON-INTEGER:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+\gentry{time zone} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{rational} multiple of \f{1/3600} between \f{-24} (inclusive)
|
|
|
+ and \f{24} (inclusive) that represents a time zone as a number of hours
|
|
|
+ offset from Greenwich Mean Time. Time zone values increase with motion to the west,
|
|
|
+ so Massachusetts, U.S.A. is in time zone \f{5},
|
|
|
+ California, U.S.A. is time zone \f{8},
|
|
|
+ and Moscow, Russia is time zone \term{-3}.
|
|
|
+% (In regions where ``daylight savings time'' might apply,
|
|
|
+% the time zone does not depend on whether daylight savings time
|
|
|
+% is in effect---such information is represented separately.)
|
|
|
+%% Moon didn't like that, and prefers the following:
|
|
|
+ (When ``daylight savings time'' is separately represented
|
|
|
+ as an \term{argument} or \term{return value}, the \term{time zone}
|
|
|
+ that accompanies it does not depend on whether daylight savings time
|
|
|
+ is in effect.)
|
|
|
+\endissue{TIME-ZONE-NON-INTEGER:ALLOW}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{token} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a textual representation for a \term{number} or a \term{symbol}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\InterpOfTokens.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{top level form} \Noun\
|
|
|
+% The old definition is contradicted by item (4) in the description of how
|
|
|
+% EVAL-WHEN works. --sjl 3 Mar 92
|
|
|
+% a \term{form} which, because it is not a \term{subform} of some \term{form}
|
|
|
+% that \term{establishes} a new \term{lexical environment}, is to be executed
|
|
|
+% in the \term{null lexical environment}.
|
|
|
+ a \term{form} which is processed specially by \funref{compile-file} for
|
|
|
+ the purposes of enabling \term{compile time} \term{evaluation} of that
|
|
|
+ \term{form}.
|
|
|
+ \term{Top level forms} include those \term{forms} which
|
|
|
+ are not \term{subforms} of any other \term{form},
|
|
|
+ and certain other cases. \Seesection\TopLevelForms.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{trace output} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{output} \term{stream} which is the \term{value} of the \term{dynamic variable}
|
|
|
+ \varref{*trace-output*}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{tree} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a binary recursive data structure made up of \term{conses} and
|
|
|
+ \term{atoms}: the \term{conses} are themselves also \term{trees}
|
|
|
+ (sometimes called ``subtrees'' or ``branches''), and the \term{atoms}
|
|
|
+ are terminal nodes (sometimes called \term{leaves}). Typically,
|
|
|
+ the \term{leaves} represent data while the branches establish some
|
|
|
+ relationship among that data.
|
|
|
+% Moon wondered if "acyclic" should be here. I think that's fine for math
|
|
|
+% but not for computer science. so i'm leaving it out. I think it's
|
|
|
+% useful to talk about a tree that is circular, but "circular tree" would
|
|
|
+% be an oxymoron under so rigorous a definition. as with a list, one
|
|
|
+% often doesn't descend a tree in order to prove it's well-formed before
|
|
|
+% manipulating it with tree primitives, and you'd still like to be able to
|
|
|
+% say it was a tree. tree is more of a view on the process of
|
|
|
+% destructuring than a kind of object. after all, all objects are trees.
|
|
|
+% -kmp 15-Nov-91
|
|
|
+ 2. in general, any recursive data structure that has some notion of
|
|
|
+ ``branches'' and \term{leaves}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{tree structure} \Noun\ (of a \term{tree}\meaning{1})
|
|
|
+ the set of \term{conses} that make up the \term{tree}.
|
|
|
+ Note that while the \term{car}\meaning{1b} component of each such \term{cons}
|
|
|
+ is part of the \term{tree structure},
|
|
|
+ the \term{objects} that are the \term{cars}\meaning{2} of each \term{cons}
|
|
|
+ in the \term{tree}
|
|
|
+ are not themselves part of its \term{tree structure}
|
|
|
+ unless they are also \term{conses}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{true} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ any \term{object}
|
|
|
+ that is not \term{false}
|
|
|
+ and that is used to represent the success of a \term{predicate} test.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{t}\meaning{1}.
|
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|
+
|
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+\gentry{truename} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. the canonical \term{filename} of a \term{file} in the \term{file system}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\Truenames.
|
|
|
+ 2. a \term{pathname} representing a \term{truename}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{two-way stream} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{stream} \oftype{two-way-stream},
|
|
|
+ which is a \term{bidirectional} \term{composite stream} that
|
|
|
+ receives its input from an associated \term{input} \term{stream}
|
|
|
+ and sends its output to an associated \term{output} \term{stream}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{type} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a set of \term{objects}, usually with common structure, behavior, or purpose.
|
|
|
+ (Note that the expression ``\i{X} is of type \param{S$\sub{a}$}''
|
|
|
+ naturally implies that ``\i{X} is of type \param{S$\sub{b}$}'' if
|
|
|
+ \param{S$\sub{a}$} is a \term{subtype} of \param{S$\sub{b}$}.)
|
|
|
+ 2. (immediately following the name of a \term{type})
|
|
|
+ a \term{subtype} of that \term{type}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The type \typeref{vector} is an array type.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{type declaration} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{declaration} that asserts that every reference to a
|
|
|
+ specified \term{binding} within the scope of the \term{declaration}
|
|
|
+ results in some \term{object} of the specified \term{type}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{type equivalent} \Adjective\ (of two \term{types} $X$ and $Y$)
|
|
|
+ having the same \term{elements};
|
|
|
+ that is, $X$ is a \term{subtype} of $Y$
|
|
|
+ and $Y$ is a \term{subtype} of $X$.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{type expand} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ to fully expand a \term{type specifier}, removing any references to
|
|
|
+ \term{derived types}. (\clisp\ provides no program interface to cause
|
|
|
+ this to occur, but the semantics of \clisp\ are such that every
|
|
|
+ \term{implementation} must be able to do this internally, and some
|
|
|
+ situations involving \term{type specifiers} are most easily described
|
|
|
+ in terms of a fully expanded \term{type specifier}.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{type specifier} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an \term{expression} that denotes a \term{type}.
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The symbol \f{random-state}, the list \f{(integer 3 5)},
|
|
|
+ the list \f{(and list (not null))}, and the class named
|
|
|
+ \f{standard-class} are type specifiers.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{U}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{unbound} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ not having an associated denotation in a \term{binding}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{bound}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{unbound variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{name} that is syntactically plausible as the name of a
|
|
|
+ \term{variable} but which is not \term{bound}
|
|
|
+ in the \term{variable} \term{namespace}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{undefined function} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{name} that is syntactically plausible as the name of a
|
|
|
+ \term{function} but which is not \term{bound}
|
|
|
+ in the \term{function} \term{namespace}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{unintern} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{symbol} in a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ to make the \term{symbol} not be \term{present} in that \term{package}.
|
|
|
+ (The \term{symbol} might continue to be \term{accessible} by inheritance.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{uninterned} \Adjective\ (of a \term{symbol})
|
|
|
+ not \term{accessible} in any \term{package}; \ie not \term{interned}\meaning{1}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{universal time} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ \term{time}, represented as a non-negative \term{integer} number of seconds.
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: Universal time is -always- absolute!
|
|
|
+ \term{Absolute} \term{universal time} is measured as an offset
|
|
|
+ from the beginning of the year 1900 (ignoring \term{leap seconds}).
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\UniversalTime.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{unqualified method} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{method} with no \term{qualifiers}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{unregistered package} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{package} \term{object} that is not present in the \term{package registry}.
|
|
|
+ An \term{unregistered package} has no \term{name}; \ie its \term{name} is \nil.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{delete-package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{unsafe} \Adjective\ (of \term{code})
|
|
|
+ not \term{safe}. (Note that, unless explicitly specified otherwise,
|
|
|
+ if a particular kind of error checking is
|
|
|
+ guaranteed only in a \term{safe} context, the same checking might or might not occur
|
|
|
+ in that context if it were \term{unsafe}; describing a context as \term{unsafe}
|
|
|
+ means that certain kinds of error checking are not reliably enabled
|
|
|
+ but does not guarantee that error checking is definitely disabled.)
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{unsafe call} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{call} that is not a \term{safe call}.
|
|
|
+ For more detailed information, \seesection\SafeAndUnsafeCalls.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{upgrade} \TransitiveVerb\ (a declared \term{type} to an actual \term{type})
|
|
|
+ 1. (when creating an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ to substitute an \term{actual array element type}
|
|
|
+ for an \term{expressed array element type}
|
|
|
+ when choosing an appropriately \term{specialized} \term{array} representation.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{upgraded-array-element-type}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (when creating a \term{complex})
|
|
|
+ to substitute an \term{actual complex part type}
|
|
|
+ for an \term{expressed complex part type}
|
|
|
+ when choosing an appropriately \term{specialized} \term{complex} representation.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{upgraded-complex-part-type}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{upgraded array element type} \Noun\ (of a \term{type})
|
|
|
+ a \term{type} that is a \term{supertype} of the \term{type}
|
|
|
+ and that is used instead of the \term{type} whenever the
|
|
|
+ \term{type} is used as an \term{array element type}
|
|
|
+ for object creation or type discrimination.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\ArrayUpgrading.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{upgraded complex part type} \Noun\ (of a \term{type})
|
|
|
+ a \term{type} that is a \term{supertype} of the \term{type}
|
|
|
+ and that is used instead of the \term{type} whenever the
|
|
|
+ \term{type} is used as a \term{complex part type}
|
|
|
+ for object creation or type discrimination.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{upgraded-complex-part-type}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{uppercase} \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ being among \term{standard characters} corresponding to
|
|
|
+ the capital letters \f{A} through \f{Z},
|
|
|
+ or being some other \term{implementation-defined} \term{character}
|
|
|
+ that is defined by the \term{implementation} to be \term{uppercase}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\CharactersWithCase.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{use} \TransitiveVerb\ (a \term{package} $P\sub 1$)
|
|
|
+ to \term{inherit} the \term{external symbols} of $P\sub 1$.
|
|
|
+ (If a package $P\sub 2$ uses $P\sub 1$,
|
|
|
+ the \term{external symbols} of $P\sub 1$
|
|
|
+ become \term{internal symbols} of $P\sub 2$
|
|
|
+ unless they are explicitly \term{exported}.)
|
|
|
+ \gexample{The package \packref{cl-user} uses the package \packref{cl}.}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{use list} \Noun\ (of a \term{package})
|
|
|
+ a (possibly empty) \term{list} associated with each \term{package}
|
|
|
+ which determines what other \term{packages} are currently being
|
|
|
+ \term{used} by that \term{package}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{user} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ an active entity, typically a human, that invokes or interacts with a
|
|
|
+ \term{program} at run time, but that is not necessarily a \term{programmer}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{V}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid array dimension} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{fixnum} suitable for use as an \term{array} \term{dimension}.
|
|
|
+ Such a \term{fixnum} must be greater than or equal to zero,
|
|
|
+ and less than the \term{value} of \conref{array-dimension-limit}.
|
|
|
+ When multiple \term{array} \term{dimensions} are to be used together to specify a
|
|
|
+ multi-dimensional \term{array}, there is also an implied constraint
|
|
|
+ that the product of all of the \term{dimensions} be less than the \term{value} of
|
|
|
+ \conref{array-total-size-limit}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid array index} \Noun\ (of an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ a \term{fixnum} suitable for use as one of possibly several indices needed
|
|
|
+ to name an \term{element} of the \term{array} according to a multi-dimensional
|
|
|
+ Cartesian coordinate system. Such a \term{fixnum} must
|
|
|
+ be greater than or equal to zero,
|
|
|
+ and must be less than the corresponding \term{dimension}\meaning{1}
|
|
|
+ of the \term{array}.
|
|
|
+ (Unless otherwise explicitly specified,
|
|
|
+ the phrase ``a \term{list} of \term{valid array indices}'' further implies
|
|
|
+ that the \term{length} of the \term{list} must be the same as the
|
|
|
+ \term{rank} of the \term{array}.)
|
|
|
+ \gexample{For a \f{2} by~\f{3} array,
|
|
|
+ valid array indices for the first dimension are \f{0} and~\f{1}, and
|
|
|
+ valid array indices for the second dimension are \f{0}, \f{1} and~\f{2}.}
|
|
|
+\endissue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid array row-major index} \Noun\ (of an \term{array},
|
|
|
+ which might have any number
|
|
|
+ of \term{dimensions}\meaning{2})
|
|
|
+ a single \term{fixnum} suitable for use in naming any \term{element}
|
|
|
+ of the \term{array}, by viewing the array's storage as a linear
|
|
|
+ series of \term{elements} in row-major order.
|
|
|
+ Such a \term{fixnum} must be greater than or equal to zero,
|
|
|
+ and less than the \term{array total size} of the \term{array}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid fill pointer} \Noun\ (of an \term{array})
|
|
|
+ a \term{fixnum} suitable for use as a \term{fill pointer} for the \term{array}.
|
|
|
+ Such a \term{fixnum} must be greater than or equal to zero,
|
|
|
+ and less than or equal to the \term{array total size} of the \term{array}.
|
|
|
+\endissue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\editornote{KMP: The ``valid pathname xxx'' definitions were taken from
|
|
|
+ text found in make-pathname, but look wrong to me.
|
|
|
+ I'll fix them later.}%!!!
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\issue{PATHNAME-UNSPECIFIC-COMPONENT:NEW-TOKEN}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid logical pathname host} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{string} that has been defined as the name of a \term{logical host}.
|
|
|
+ \Seefun{load-logical-pathname-translations}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid pathname device} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{string},
|
|
|
+ \nil,
|
|
|
+ \kwd{unspecific},
|
|
|
+ or some other \term{object} defined by the \term{implementation}
|
|
|
+ to be a \term{valid pathname device}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid pathname directory} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{string},
|
|
|
+ a \term{list} of \term{strings},
|
|
|
+ \nil,
|
|
|
+\issue{PATHNAME-SUBDIRECTORY-LIST:NEW-REPRESENTATION}
|
|
|
+ \kwd{wild},
|
|
|
+\endissue{PATHNAME-SUBDIRECTORY-LIST:NEW-REPRESENTATION}
|
|
|
+ \kwd{unspecific},
|
|
|
+ or some other \term{object} defined by the \term{implementation}
|
|
|
+ to be a \term{valid directory component}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid pathname host} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{valid physical pathname host}
|
|
|
+ or a \term{valid logical pathname host}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid pathname name} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{string},
|
|
|
+ \nil,
|
|
|
+ \kwd{wild},
|
|
|
+ \kwd{unspecific},
|
|
|
+ or some other \term{object} defined by the \term{implementation}
|
|
|
+ to be a \term{valid pathname name}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid pathname type} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a \term{string},
|
|
|
+ \nil,
|
|
|
+ \kwd{wild},
|
|
|
+ \kwd{unspecific}.
|
|
|
+%!!! Moon: "... or some other ..."
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid pathname version} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a non-negative \term{integer},
|
|
|
+ or one of \kwd{wild},
|
|
|
+ \kwd{newest},
|
|
|
+ \kwd{unspecific},
|
|
|
+ or \nil.
|
|
|
+%!!! KMP: "... or some other ..."
|
|
|
+%!!! What to do about this?
|
|
|
+ The symbols \kwd{oldest}, \kwd{previous}, and \kwd{installed} are
|
|
|
+ \term{semi-standard} special version symbols.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid physical pathname host} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ any of
|
|
|
+ a \term{string},
|
|
|
+ a \term{list} of \term{strings},
|
|
|
+ or the symbol \kwd{unspecific},
|
|
|
+ that is recognized by the implementation as the name of a host.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\endissue{PATHNAME-UNSPECIFIC-COMPONENT:NEW-TOKEN}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{valid sequence index} \Noun\ (of a \term{sequence})
|
|
|
+ an \term{integer} suitable for use to name an \term{element}
|
|
|
+ of the \term{sequence}. Such an \term{integer} must
|
|
|
+ be greater than or equal to zero,
|
|
|
+ and must be less than the \term{length} of the \term{sequence}.
|
|
|
+\issue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+ (If the \term{sequence} is an \term{array},
|
|
|
+ the \term{valid sequence index} is further constrained to be a \term{fixnum}.)
|
|
|
+\endissue{ARRAY-DIMENSION-LIMIT-IMPLICATIONS:ALL-FIXNUM}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{value} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. a. one of possibly several \term{objects} that are the result of
|
|
|
+ an \term{evaluation}.
|
|
|
+ b. (in a situation where exactly one value is expected from the
|
|
|
+ \term{evaluation} of a \term{form})
|
|
|
+ the \term{primary value} returned by the \term{form}.
|
|
|
+ c. (of \term{forms} in an \term{implicit progn}) one of possibly
|
|
|
+ several \term{objects} that result from the \term{evaluation}
|
|
|
+ of the last \term{form}, or \nil\ if there are no \term{forms}.
|
|
|
+ 2. an \term{object} associated with a \term{name} in a \term{binding}.
|
|
|
+ 3. (of a \term{symbol}) the \term{value} of the \term{dynamic variable}
|
|
|
+ named by that symbol.
|
|
|
+ 4. an \term{object} associated with a \term{key}
|
|
|
+ in an \term{association list},
|
|
|
+ a \term{property list},
|
|
|
+ or a \term{hash table}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{value cell} \Noun\ \Traditional\ (of a \term{symbol})
|
|
|
+ The \term{place} which holds the \term{value}, if any, of the
|
|
|
+ \term{dynamic variable} named by that \term{symbol},
|
|
|
+ and which is \term{accessed} by \funref{symbol-value}.
|
|
|
+ \Seeterm{cell}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{variable} \Noun\
|
|
|
+%% Rewritten per Boyer/Kaufmann/Moore #5 (by X3J13 vote at May 4-5, 1994 meeting).
|
|
|
+%% -kmp 9-May-94
|
|
|
+% %!!! Moon: This is certainly no valid definition, especially when contrasting
|
|
|
+% % the variable namespace with the function namespace.
|
|
|
+% a \term{binding} in which a \term{symbol} is the \term{name}
|
|
|
+% used to refer to an \term{object}.
|
|
|
+ a \term{binding} in the ``variable'' \term{namespace}.
|
|
|
+ \Seesection\SymbolsAsForms.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{vector} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ a one-dimensional \term{array}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{vertical-bar} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ the \term{standard character} that is called ``vertical bar'' (\f{|}).
|
|
|
+ \Seefigure\StdCharsThree.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\indextab{W}
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+%"cursor" => "print position" because Barmar didn't like "cursor".
|
|
|
+\gentry{whitespace} \Noun\
|
|
|
+ 1. one or more \term{characters} that are
|
|
|
+ either the \term{graphic} \term{character} \f{\#\\Space}
|
|
|
+ or else \term{non-graphic} characters such as \f{\#\\Newline}
|
|
|
+ that only move the print position.
|
|
|
+ 2. a. \Noun\ the \term{syntax type} of a \term{character}
|
|
|
+ that is a \term{token} separator.
|
|
|
+ For details, \seesection\WhitespaceChars.
|
|
|
+ b. \Adjective\ (of a \term{character})
|
|
|
+ having the \term{whitespace}\meaning{2a} \term{syntax type}\meaning{2}.
|
|
|
+ c. \Noun\ a \term{whitespace}\meaning{2b} \term{character}.
|
|
|
+
|
|
|
+\gentry{wild} \Adjective\
|
|
|
+ 1. (of a \term{namestring}) using an \term{implementation-defined}
|
|
|
+ syntax for naming files, which might ``match'' any of possibly several
|
|
|
+ possible \term{filenames}, and which can therefore be used to refer to
|
|
|
+ the aggregate of the \term{files} named by those \term{filenames}.
|
|
|
+ 2. (of a \term{pathname}) a structured representation of a name which
|
|
|
+ might ``match'' any of possibly several \term{pathnames}, and which can
|
|
|
+ therefore be used to refer to the aggregate of the \term{files} named by those
|
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+ \term{pathnames}. The set of \term{wild} \term{pathnames} includes, but
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+ is not restricted to, \term{pathnames} which have a component which is
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+ \kwd{wild}, or which have a directory component which contains \kwd{wild}
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+ or \kwd{wild-inferors}.
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+ \Seefun{wild-pathname-p}.
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+%!!! Need to fix this. Some places use wild to refer to components instead of full pathnames.
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+% 3. (of a \term{pathname} component)
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+% a component of a \term{pathname} that might ``match'' any of possibly
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+% several values for that component, and which can
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+% therefore be used to refer to the aggregate of the \term{files} named by those
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+% \term{pathnames}. The set of \term{wild} \term{pathnames} includes, but
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+% is not restricted to, \term{pathnames} which have a component which is
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+% \kwd{wild}, or which have a directory component which contains \kwd{wild}
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+% or \kwd{wild-inferors}.
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+% \Seefun{wild-pathname-p}.
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+
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+\gentry{write} \TransitiveVerb\
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+\issue{IGNORE-USE-TERMINOLOGY:VALUE-ONLY}
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+ 1. (a \term{binding} or \term{slot} or component)
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+ to change the \term{value} of the \term{binding} or \term{slot}.
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+\endissue{IGNORE-USE-TERMINOLOGY:VALUE-ONLY}
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+ 2. (an \term{object} to a \term{stream})
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+ to output a representation of the \term{object} to the \term{stream}.
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+
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+
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+\gentry{writer} \Noun\
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+ a \term{function} that \term{writes}\meaning{1} a \term{variable} or \term{slot}.
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+
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+\indextab{Y}
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+
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+\gentry{yield} \TransitiveVerb\ (\term{values})
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+ to produce the \term{values} as the result of \term{evaluation}.
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+ \gexample{The form \f{(+ 2 3)} yields \f{5}.}
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+
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+\endlist
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+\endlist
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