(eval-when (#-sb-xc :compile-toplevel :load-toplevel :execute)
(defun symbolicate (&rest things)
(let ((name (case (length things)
- ;; why isn't this just the value in the T branch?
+ ;; Why isn't this just the value in the T branch?
;; Well, this is called early in cold-init, before
;; the type system is set up; however, now that we
;; check for bad lengths, the type system is needed
;; for calls to CONCATENATE. So we need to make sure
;; that the calls are transformed away:
(1 (concatenate 'string
- (the simple-base-string (string (car things)))))
+ (the simple-base-string
+ (string (car things)))))
(2 (concatenate 'string
- (the simple-base-string (string (car things)))
- (the simple-base-string (string (cadr things)))))
+ (the simple-base-string
+ (string (car things)))
+ (the simple-base-string
+ (string (cadr things)))))
(3 (concatenate 'string
- (the simple-base-string (string (car things)))
- (the simple-base-string (string (cadr things)))
- (the simple-base-string (string (caddr things)))))
+ (the simple-base-string
+ (string (car things)))
+ (the simple-base-string
+ (string (cadr things)))
+ (the simple-base-string
+ (string (caddr things)))))
(t (apply #'concatenate 'string (mapcar #'string things))))))
(values (intern name)))))