#!+sb-doc
"Set SYMBOL's value cell to NEW-VALUE."
(declare (type symbol symbol))
- (about-to-modify-symbol-value symbol "set SYMBOL-VALUE of ~S" new-value)
+ (about-to-modify-symbol-value symbol 'set new-value)
(%set-symbol-value symbol new-value))
(defun %set-symbol-value (symbol new-value)
(%set-symbol-value symbol new-value))
+(defun symbol-global-value (symbol)
+ #!+sb-doc
+ "Return the SYMBOL's current global value. Identical to SYMBOL-VALUE,
+in single-threaded builds: in multithreaded builds bound values are
+distinct from the global value. Can also be SETF."
+ (declare (optimize (safety 1)))
+ (symbol-global-value symbol))
+
+(defun set-symbol-global-value (symbol new-value)
+ (about-to-modify-symbol-value symbol 'set new-value)
+ (sb!kernel:%set-symbol-global-value symbol new-value))
+
(declaim (inline %makunbound))
(defun %makunbound (symbol)
(%set-symbol-value symbol (%primitive sb!c:make-other-immediate-type
#!+sb-doc
"Make SYMBOL unbound, removing any value it may currently have."
(with-single-package-locked-error (:symbol symbol "unbinding the symbol ~A")
- (about-to-modify-symbol-value symbol "make ~S unbound")
+ (when (and (info :variable :always-bound symbol))
+ (error "Can't make ~A variable unbound: ~S" 'always-bound symbol))
+ (about-to-modify-symbol-value symbol 'makunbound)
(%makunbound symbol)
symbol))