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make-dispatch-macro-character

make-dispatch-macro-character char &optional non-terminating-p readtable ⇒ t

Arguments and Values

chara character.
non-terminating-pa generalized boolean. The default is false.
readtablea readtable. The default is the current readtable.

Description

make-dispatch-macro-character makes char be a dispatching macro character in readtable.

Initially, every character in the dispatch table associated with the char has an associated function that signals an error of type reader-error.

If non-terminating-p is true, the dispatching macro character is made a non-terminating macro character; if non-terminating-p is false, the dispatching macro character is made a terminating macro character.

Examples

 (get-macro-character #\{) ⇒  NIL, false
 (make-dispatch-macro-character #\{) ⇒  T
 (not (get-macro-character #\{)) ⇒  false

The readtable is altered.

See Also

readtable, ‘set-dispatch-macro-character; get-dispatch-macro-character’

Backlinks

Reader Dictionary, Readtables, set-dispatch-macro-character, get-dispatch-macro-character, set-syntax-from-char, Symbols in the COMMON-LISP Package