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[sbcl.git] / src / code / package.lisp

diff --git a/src/code/package.lisp b/src/code/package.lisp
index b290abb..e71f345 100644 (file)
--- a/src/code/package.lisp
+++ b/src/code/package.lisp
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@
 ;;; KLUDGE: We use DEF!STRUCT to define this not because we need to
 ;;; manipulate target package objects on the cross-compilation host,
 ;;; but only because its MAKE-LOAD-FORM function needs to be hooked
-;;; into the pre-CLOS DEF!STRUCT MAKE-LOAD-FORM system. The DEF!STRUCT
-;;; side-effect of defining a new PACKAGE type on the
+;;; into the pre-CLOS DEF!STRUCT MAKE-LOAD-FORM system so that we can
+;;; compile things like IN-PACKAGE in warm init before CLOS is set up.
+;;; The DEF!STRUCT side effect of defining a new PACKAGE type on the
 ;;; cross-compilation host is just a nuisance, and in order to avoid
 ;;; breaking the cross-compilation host, we need to work around it
 ;;; around by putting the new PACKAGE type (and the PACKAGEP predicate