- ;; Note 1: This behavior (discouraging any non-EQL
- ;; modification) is unpopular, but it is specified by ANSI
- ;; (i.e. ANSI says a non-EQL change has undefined
- ;; consequences). If people really want bindings which are
- ;; constant in some sense other than EQL, I suggest either just
- ;; using DEFVAR (which is usually appropriate, despite the
- ;; un-mnemonic name), or defining something like
- ;; SB-INT:DEFCONSTANT-EQX (which is occasionally more
- ;; appropriate). -- WHN 2000-11-03
+ ;; Note: This behavior (discouraging any non-EQL modification)
+ ;; is unpopular, but it is specified by ANSI (i.e. ANSI says a
+ ;; non-EQL change has undefined consequences). If people really
+ ;; want bindings which are constant in some sense other than
+ ;; EQL, I suggest either just using DEFVAR (which is usually
+ ;; appropriate, despite the un-mnemonic name), or defining
+ ;; something like SB-INT:DEFCONSTANT-EQX (which is occasionally
+ ;; more appropriate). -- WHN 2000-11-03