Subject: (get-macro-character #\#)

From: Sam Steingold <[email-masked]>
Date: 23 Feb 1998 11:37:02 -0500

(get-macro-character #\#)
==> error:
	*** - get-macro-character: #\# is a dispatch macro character

why? CLHS says:

Function SET-MACRO-CHARACTER, GET-MACRO-CHARACTER 

......

Exceptional Situations: None. 

Thanks.

impnotes mention this in a somewhat cryptic way.

ACL:
USER(1): (get-macro-character #\#)
#<Function READ-DISPATCH-CHAR>
T

CMUCL:
* (get-macro-character #\#)
#<Function COMMON-LISP::READ-DISPATCH-CHAR {5261A19}>
T

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