Re: Question regarding FORMAT with ~:^

[franz!akbar!layer@ucbarpa.Berkeley.EDU (Kevin Layer)]

>> I have a question regarding the correct behavior of FORMAT.  Please
>> open up your CLtL books to page 406 and tell me what the following
>> construct should return:
>> 
>> 	(format nil "~:{~@?~:^...~}" '(("a") ("b")))
>> 

Franz's Allegro Common Lisp returns "a", which we feel is the correct
answer.

	Kevin Layer