0.8.21.21: fix & share EXTERN-ALIEN-NAME logic (fixes bug #373)

[sbcl.git] / src / compiler / x86 / vm.lisp

diff --git a/src/compiler/x86/vm.lisp b/src/compiler/x86/vm.lisp
index 377b196..a56b5a3 100644 (file)
--- a/src/compiler/x86/vm.lisp
+++ b/src/compiler/x86/vm.lisp
@@ -449,15 +449,3 @@
       (immediate-constant "Immed")
       (noise (symbol-name (sc-name sc))))))
 ;;; FIXME: Could this, and everything that uses it, be made #!+SB-SHOW?
-
-\f
-;;; The loader uses this to convert alien names to the form they need in
-;;; the symbol table (for example, prepending an underscore).
-(defun extern-alien-name (name)
-  (declare (type string name))
-  ;; ELF ports currently don't need any prefix
-  (typecase name
-    (simple-base-string name)
-    (base-string (coerce name 'simple-base-string))
-    (t (handler-case (coerce name 'simple-base-string)
-        (type-error () (error "invalid external alien name: ~S" name))))))