symbol)
;;; Return the built-in hash value for SYMBOL.
-#!+(or x86 mips) ;; only backends for which a symbol-hash vop exists
+
+;;; only backends for which a SYMBOL-HASH vop exists. In the past,
+;;; when the MIPS backend supported (or nearly did) a generational
+;;; (non-conservative) garbage collector, this read (OR X86 MIPS).
+;;; Having excised the vestigial support for GENGC, this now only
+;;; applies for the x86 port, but if someone were to rework the GENGC
+;;; support, this might change again. -- CSR, 2002-08-26
+#!+x86
(defun symbol-hash (symbol)
(symbol-hash symbol))
;;; Compute the hash value for SYMBOL.
-#!-(or x86 mips)
+#!-x86
(defun symbol-hash (symbol)
(%sxhash-simple-string (symbol-name symbol)))
(defun symbol-function (symbol)
#!+sb-doc
"Return SYMBOL's current function definition. Settable with SETF."
- (raw-definition symbol))
+ (%coerce-name-to-fun symbol))
-(defun fset (symbol new-value)
+(defun (setf symbol-function) (new-value symbol)
(declare (type symbol symbol) (type function new-value))
- (setf (raw-definition symbol) new-value))
+ (setf (%coerce-name-to-fun symbol) new-value))
(defun symbol-plist (symbol)
#!+sb-doc