[Openmcl-devel] Coping with a name conflict

[Tim Bradshaw]

No, he's not: he's in CC (look at the value of *package*), in which DBG is defined but not exported.  So you're right, but it's worse...

--tim

> On 21 Mar 2022, at 21:10, Michał phoe Herda <phoe at disroot.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> You're coding in package CL-USER which is allowed to contain imports from other packages, different across implementations; defining lots of code in CL-USER is generally a bad idea because of this.
> 
> The solution is to fix up your modularity and create your own package that uses e.g. only CL. No naming conflicts this way.
> 
> On 21.03.2022 22:00, Denis Lorrain wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> - Having updated from macOS 11.6.3 to 12.3, I had to change from the old AppStore CCL 1.11.7 to CCL 1.12.1.
>> - R. Matthew Emerson kindly gave me this last build:
>>    http://setf.clozure.com/~rme/ccl-1.12.1-ide-big-sur.zip
>> - Happily, CCL 1.12.1 runs seemingly very well with macOS 12.3, whereas CCL 1.11.7 was very problematic with macOS 11.6.3. So I'm globally very satisfied with both changes.
>> 
>> - Unfortunately CCL 1.12.1 now introduces a name conflict with my own code, which did not occur before. Briefly summarized:
>> 
>> ===========================================================
>> Clozure Common Lisp Version 1.12.1 (v1.12.1-3-g2ae800e1) DarwinX8664
>> For more information about CCL, please see http://ccl.clozure.com.
>> CCL is free software.  It is distributed under the terms of the Apache
>> Licence, Version 2.0.
>> ? (function DBG)
>> #<Compiled-function DBG #x30000015DD1F>
>> ? *package*
>> #<Package "CCL">
>> ? (find-symbol "DBG")
>> DBG
>> :INTERNAL
>> ? (defmacro dbg (forme &optional fonction)
>>     (if fonction
>>         `(format *standard-output* "~4Tdbg-> ~S : ~S = ~S~%"
>>                (quote ,fonction) (quote ,forme) ,forme)
>>       `(format *standard-output* "~4Tdbg-> ~S = ~S~%" (quote ,forme) ,forme)))
>> ; Warning: The function DBG is being redefined as a macro.
>> ; While executing: (SETF MACRO-FUNCTION), in process Listener(4).
>> DBG
>> ? (dbg a) => crash: AltConsole
>>                     Lisp Breakpoint
>>                     ? for help
>>                     [nnnn] Clozure CL kernel debugger:
>> ===========================================================
>> 
>> - The conflict is created by my definition of dbg as a macro-function. You understand it's a simple developing help, inserted for debugging, checking things on the fly, printing internal values, etc.
>> 
>> - The annoying point is that my dbg macro-function is everywhere in my code, sometimes commented out, but often not. I could change its name, but it would be quite tedious to edit all my source files, written over the last 15 or 20 years...
>> 
>> => Is there some package trick which could solve this name conflict? So called shadowing? Unfortunately, my knowledge about packages doesn't extend further than the clumsy demo above.
>> => Could anyone suggest a hopefully simple solution?
>> 
>> Sorry for this long message. Many thanks in advance,
>> 
>>    DLO
>> --
>> Denis Lorrain
>> http://www.denislorrain.org
>> Recordings of selected piano works:
>>   http://works.denislorrain.org
>> e-mail: dlo at denislorrain.org
>> --
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