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Command-line options parser system for Common Lisp
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Simple question about README #8

Closed rpgoldman closed 1 year ago

rpgoldman commented 1 year ago

What does the empty :import-from clause in the defpackage for :clingon.example.greet do? Isn't that a no-op?

dnaeon commented 1 year ago

Hey @rpgoldman ,

It is a no-op :)

While it does nothing, I usually follow this style of explicitly "importing" the systems I will be working with. They also serve me as a form of visual indication that I need to (ql:quickload ...) some system, which is useful when sharing short snippets of code.

Also, I guess it's an old habit of me using other languages, which do require you to import stuff, before you use them, so I guess that's another reason (even though, not really applicable to the image-based development in CL).

rpgoldman commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the quick answer. I figured it was something like this, but wanted to be sure I wasn't missing anything!