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NIL and DEFCONSTANT [Gall: Bug Report]

To: Nick Gall <Gall@MIT-MULTICS.ARPA>
Subject: NIL and DEFCONSTANT [Gall: Bug Report]
From: "Scott E. Fahlman" <Fahlman@CMU-CS-C.ARPA>
Date: Fri, 05 Apr 1985 03:56:00 -0000
Cc: common-lisp@SU-AI.ARPA
In-reply-to: Msg of 3 Apr 1985 23:52-EST from Nick Gall <Gall at MIT-MULTICS.ARPA>
Sender: FAHLMAN@CMU-CS-C.ARPA

    I agree with Moon also.  And I agree that pg.  56 is ok too.  It is pg.
    69 that is a little shaky, and pg.  324 DEFINITELY states that NIL and T
    are defined with DEFCONSTANT.

OK, we all agree that it is an error to redefine built-in constants,
whether or not we think of them as having been created by defconstant.
The manual should be made consistent on this point.

-- Scott

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