Re: Readtables and prin1

[Brad Miller <miller@UR-ACORN.ARPA>]

    Date: Wed, 17 Sep 1986  21:07 EDT
    From: "Scott E. Fahlman" <Fahlman@C.CS.CMU.EDU>


    I think that the usual practice is to print things out so that they can
    be read in using the standard readtable.  It would be VERY difficult to
    write code that can print out text for any user-modified readtable,
    especially if the read-table contains macros.

    -- Scott

It may be hard, but I suspect necessary. Given the user is in some context, he
would expect his print function to work "so it can be read in again" which
implies in his current context. Having to change contexts just to enter forms
(which would then get into even more difficult problems about packaging, etc.
in the new context) is not in my opinion a good user interface.

Brad Miller
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