is <function>eql</> to the old value. Conforming to this specification
is a nuisance when the "constant" value is only constant under some
weaker test like <function>string=</> or <function>equal</>. It's
-especially annoying because <function>defconstant</> takes effect
+especially annoying because, in &SBCL;, <function>defconstant</> takes effect
not only at load time but also at compile time, so that just
compiling and loading reasonable code like
<programlisting>(defconstant +foobyte+ '(1 4))</>
<function>defconstant</> either with <function>defparameter</> or
with a customized macro which does the right thing, possibly along the
lines of the <function>defconstant-eqx</> macro used internally in the
-implementation of SBCL itself.</para>
+implementation of &SBCL; itself. In circumstances where this is not
+appropriate, the programmer can handle the condition type
+<errortype>sb-ext:defconstant-uneql</errortype>, and choose either the
+<action>continue</action> or <action>abort</action> restart as
+appropriate.</para>
<para>&SBCL; gives style warnings about various kinds of perfectly
legal code, e.g.