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To: common-lisp@SAIL.STANFORD.EDU
Subject: , and #
From: David C. Plummer <DCP@QUABBIN.SCRC.Symbolics.COM>
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 88 11:24 EST

I'm wondering (see CLtL page 351) why , is a terminating macro
character, while # is a non-terminating macro character?  I've recently
wanted to write function with names like
	convert-foo,bar,baz-and-quux-to-mumble
Was this a historical accident or was it intentional?  Should we try
to change it for the next CLtL?

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