[Openmcl-devel] Eq definition

Mathieu Suen mathieusuen at yahoo.fr
Tue Mar 2 15:16:15 PST 2010


Do you mean that the (defun eq ..) define an other method that is not the same as the on use inside the body of the method 
(defun eq ..).
I guess  this is for debugging purpose.


On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:22 PM, Milan Jovanovic wrote:

> Try with different safety/speed settings and you will see the  
> difference.
> 
> On Mar 2, 2010, at 11:12 PM, Mathieu Suen wrote:
> 
>> On Mar 2, 2010, at 10:40 PM, Gary Byers wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Tue, 2 Mar 2010, Mathieu Suen wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> I read the source code of the eq function and find it quite odd:
>>>> 
>>>> (defun eq (x y)
>>>> "Return T if OBJ1 and OBJ2 are the same object, otherwise NIL."
>>>> (eq x y))
>>>> ;; /level-0/l0-pred.lisp
>>>> 
>>>> Is it because it's a primitive?
>>> 
>>> Yes.
>>> 
>>> For extra credit: try to define EQ in lisp without depending on
>>> the compiler to open-code EQ, e.g. :
>>> 
>>> (declaim (notinline eq))
>>> 
>>> (defun eq (x y)
>>> ;;; ????
>>> )
>>> 
>>> (This is a koan; if you think about it long enough, you'll either
>>> achieve enlightenment or get a bad headache.)
>>> 
>> 
>> :)
>> I guess that code never get interpreted so what is the purpose of it?
>> 
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks
>>>> 	Mth
>>>> 
>> 
>> 
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