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Re: Question regarding FORMAT with ~:^ within ~:{

To: R Dunbar Poor <edsel!r@labrea.stanford.edu>
Subject: Re: Question regarding FORMAT with ~:^ within ~:{
From: Dan L. Pierson <pierson@multimax.arpa> <pierson>
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 87 10:53:40 EST
Cc: common-lisp@sail.stanford.edu
In-reply-to: Your message of Mon, 09 Nov 87 18:53:10 -0800. <8711100253.AA07681@vesuvius.lucid.com>

>> 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")))
>> 
Should return "a" for exactly the reason you gave.  Otherwise "To
terminate the entire iteration process, use ~:^." is meaningless.

KCL returns "a".

                                        dan

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