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constructor function vs constructor macro

To: Fahlman@CMU-CS-C.ARPA, Masinter.pa@XEROX.ARPA
Subject: constructor function vs constructor macro
From: Daniel L. Weinreb <DLW@SCRC-QUABBIN.ARPA>
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 85 14:15 EDT
Cc: common-lisp@SU-AI.ARPA
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In-reply-to: <FAHLMAN.12140171825.BABYL@CMU-CS-C.ARPA>

    Date: Mon, 2 Sep 1985  21:55 EDT
    From: "Scott E. Fahlman" <Fahlman@CMU-CS-C.ARPA>

    Looks to me like the use of the word "macro" on page 357 is wrong.

Agreed.  This is probably a hangover from Zetalisp, in which the
constructors really are macros.  This micro-mistake has been around at
least since the Colander Edition.

References:
- constructor function vs constructor macro
  - From: "Scott E. Fahlman" <Fahlman@CMU-CS-C.ARPA>

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