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*right-paren-whitespace* Variable

Summary

Controls what happens when an unexpected right parentheses is found during reading.

Package

system

Initial Value

nil

Description

The variable *right-paren-whitespace* controls what happens when an unexpected right parenthesis is found during reading. It can have the following values:

nil
Signal an error, as specified by ANSI Common Lisp.
t
Silently treat it as whitespace.
:warn
Signal a warning and treat it as whitespace.
Compatibility note

*right-paren-whitespace* is newly documented in LispWorks 8.0 but has existed is all versions of LispWorks.


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