*package*

∗package∗ Variable

Value Type:

a package object.

Initial Value:

the COMMON-LISP-USER package.

Description:

Whatever package object is currently the value of *package* is referred to as the current package.

Examples:

(in-package "COMMON-LISP-USER") → #<PACKAGE "COMMON-LISP-USER"> 
\*package\* → #<PACKAGE "COMMON-LISP-USER"> 
(make-package "SAMPLE-PACKAGE" :use ’("COMMON-LISP")) 
→ #<PACKAGE "SAMPLE-PACKAGE"> 
(list 
 
 
 (symbol-package 
  (let ((\*package\* (find-package ’sample-package))) 
    (setq \*some-symbol\* (read-from-string "just-testing")))) 
 \*package\*) 
→ (#<PACKAGE "SAMPLE-PACKAGE"> #<PACKAGE "COMMON-LISP-USER">) 
(list (symbol-package (read-from-string "just-testing")) 
      \*package\*) 
→ (#<PACKAGE "COMMON-LISP-USER"> #<PACKAGE "COMMON-LISP-USER">) 
(eq ’foo (intern "FOO")) → true 
(eq ’foo (let ((\*package\* (find-package ’sample-package))) 
	   (intern "FOO"))) 
→ false 

Affected By:

load, compile-file, in-package

See Also:

compile-file, in-package, load, package

Expanded Reference: *package*

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