Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1987 14:53 EDT From: "Scott E. Fahlman" <Fahlman@c.cs.cmu.edu> ... I don't see any question here. MY-PACKAGE:CONS is a different symbol from LISP:CONS, and you can give it whatever definition you want. This doesn't even confuse macros, since they deal in symbols and not print names. It's sort of like a neutron bomb: Machines survive fine; only people are confused. :-) --Q