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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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>yielded</EM
|
||
|
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|
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|
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><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
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>form</EM
|
||
|
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|
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|
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><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
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>file</EM
|
||
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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|
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><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
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>compiled file</EM
|
||
|
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|
||
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|
||
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><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
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|
||
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#false"
|
||
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><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>false</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
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><B
|
||
|
|
>load</B
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
><P CLASS="j"
|
||
|
|
>If the file named by <VAR CLASS="param"
|
||
|
|
>filespec</VAR
|
||
|
|
> is successfully loaded, <A HREF="f_load.html" CLASS="funref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>load</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> returns <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>true</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
>. </P
|
||
|
|
><P CLASS="j"
|
||
|
|
>If the file does not exist, the specific action taken depends on <VAR CLASS="param"
|
||
|
|
>if-does-not-exist</VAR
|
||
|
|
>: if it is <SPAN CLASS="misc"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>nil</B
|
||
|
|
></SPAN
|
||
|
|
>, <A HREF="f_load.html" CLASS="funref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>load</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> returns <SPAN CLASS="misc"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>nil</B
|
||
|
|
></SPAN
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>load</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> signals an error. </P
|
||
|
|
><P CLASS="j"
|
||
|
|
>The <VAR CLASS="param"
|
||
|
|
>external-format</VAR
|
||
|
|
> specifies the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#external_file_format"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>external file format</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> to be used when opening the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#file"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>file</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> (see the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#function"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>function</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> <A HREF="f_open.html" CLASS="funref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>open</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
>), except that when the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#file"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>file</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> named by <VAR CLASS="param"
|
||
|
|
>filespec</VAR
|
||
|
|
> is a <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#compiled_file"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>compiled file</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
|
>external-format</VAR
|
||
|
|
> is ignored. <A HREF="f_compile-file.html" CLASS="funref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>compile-file</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> and <A HREF="f_load.html" CLASS="funref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>load</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> cooperate in an <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#implementation-dependent"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>implementation-dependent</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> way to assure the preservation of the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#similarity"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>similarity</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> of <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#character"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>characters</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> referred to in the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#source_file"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>source file</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> at the time the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#source_file"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>source file</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> was processed by the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#file_compiler"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>file compiler</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> under a given <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#external_file_format"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>external file format</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
>, regardless of the value of <VAR CLASS="param"
|
||
|
|
>external-format</VAR
|
||
|
|
> at the time the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#compiled_file"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>compiled file</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#load"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>loaded</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
>. </P
|
||
|
|
><P CLASS="j"
|
||
|
|
><A HREF="f_load.html" CLASS="funref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>load</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> binds <A HREF="v_readtable.html" CLASS="varref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>*readtable*</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> and <A HREF="v_package.html" CLASS="varref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>*package*</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> to the values they held before <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#load"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>loading</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> the file. </P
|
||
|
|
><P CLASS="j"
|
||
|
|
><A HREF="v_load-pathname.html" CLASS="varref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>*load-truename*</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#bound"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>bound</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> by <A HREF="f_load.html" CLASS="funref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>load</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> to hold the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#truename"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>truename</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> of the <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#pathname"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>pathname</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> of the file being <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#load"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>loaded</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
>. </P
|
||
|
|
><P CLASS="j"
|
||
|
|
><A HREF="v_load-pathname.html" CLASS="varref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>*load-pathname*</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#bound"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>bound</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> by <A HREF="f_load.html" CLASS="funref"
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>load</B
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> to hold a <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#pathname"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>pathname</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
> that represents <VAR CLASS="param"
|
||
|
|
>filespec</VAR
|
||
|
|
> merged against the defaults. That is, <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
|
||
|
|
>(pathname</SPAN
|
||
|
|
> <SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
|
||
|
|
>(merge-pathnames</SPAN
|
||
|
|
> <VAR CLASS="param"
|
||
|
|
>filespec</VAR
|
||
|
|
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
|
||
|
|
>))</SPAN
|
||
|
|
>.</P
|
||
|
|
></DD
|
||
|
|
><DT
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>Examples</B
|
||
|
|
></DT
|
||
|
|
><DD
|
||
|
|
><PRE CLASS="screen"
|
||
|
|
>;Establish a data file...
|
||
|
|
(with-open-file (str "data.in" :direction :output :if-exists :error)
|
||
|
|
(print 1 str) (print '(setq a 888) str) t)
|
||
|
|
<SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
|
||
|
|
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
|
||
|
|
>→</SPAN
|
||
|
|
></SPAN
|
||
|
|
> T
|
||
|
|
(load "data.in") <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
|
||
|
|
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
|
||
|
|
>→</SPAN
|
||
|
|
></SPAN
|
||
|
|
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>true</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
>
|
||
|
|
a <SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
|
||
|
|
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
|
||
|
|
>→</SPAN
|
||
|
|
></SPAN
|
||
|
|
> 888
|
||
|
|
(load (setq p (merge-pathnames "data.in")) :verbose t)
|
||
|
|
; Loading contents of file /fred/data.in
|
||
|
|
; Finished loading /fred/data.in
|
||
|
|
<SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
|
||
|
|
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
|
||
|
|
>→</SPAN
|
||
|
|
></SPAN
|
||
|
|
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>true</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
>
|
||
|
|
(load p :print t)
|
||
|
|
; Loading contents of file /fred/data.in
|
||
|
|
; 1
|
||
|
|
; 888
|
||
|
|
; Finished loading /fred/data.in
|
||
|
|
<SPAN CLASS="cmsy"
|
||
|
|
><SPAN CLASS="arrow"
|
||
|
|
>→</SPAN
|
||
|
|
></SPAN
|
||
|
|
> <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>true</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
></PRE
|
||
|
|
><PRE CLASS="screen"
|
||
|
|
>;----[Begin file SETUP]----
|
||
|
|
(in-package "MY-STUFF")
|
||
|
|
(defmacro compile-truename () `',*compile-file-truename*)
|
||
|
|
(defvar *my-compile-truename* (compile-truename) "Just for debugging.")
|
||
|
|
(defvar *my-load-pathname* *load-pathname*)
|
||
|
|
(defun load-my-system ()
|
||
|
|
(dolist (module-name '("FOO" "BAR" "BAZ"))
|
||
|
|
(load (merge-pathnames module-name *my-load-pathname*))))
|
||
|
|
;----[End of file SETUP]----
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
|
||
|
|
(load "SETUP")
|
||
|
|
(load-my-system)</PRE
|
||
|
|
></DD
|
||
|
|
><DT
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>Affected By</B
|
||
|
|
></DT
|
||
|
|
><DD
|
||
|
|
><P CLASS="j"
|
||
|
|
>The implementation, and the host computer’s file system.</P
|
||
|
|
></DD
|
||
|
|
><DT
|
||
|
|
><B
|
||
|
|
>Exceptional Situations</B
|
||
|
|
></DT
|
||
|
|
><DD
|
||
|
|
><P CLASS="j"
|
||
|
|
>If <SPAN CLASS="kwd"
|
||
|
|
><SPAN CLASS="cmtt"
|
||
|
|
>:if-does-not-exist</SPAN
|
||
|
|
></SPAN
|
||
|
|
> is supplied and is <A HREF="26_1_Glossary.html#true"
|
||
|
|
><EM CLASS="term"
|
||
|
|
>true</EM
|
||
|
|
></A
|
||
|
|
>, or is not supplied, <A HREF="f_load.html" CLASS="funref"
|
||
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><EM CLASS="term"
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>See Also</B
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><DD
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><P CLASS="j"
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><B
|
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>error</B
|
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|
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|
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><B
|
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|
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>merge-pathnames</B
|
||
|
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|
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|
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><B
|
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|
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|
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|
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><B
|
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|
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
||
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
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><SPAN CLASS="cmr"
|
||
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>Section</SPAN
|
||
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|
||
|
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>20.1</SPAN
|
||
|
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|
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|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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>Concepts)</SPAN
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
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|
||
|
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><SPAN CLASS="cmr"
|
||
|
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>Section</SPAN
|
||
|
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|
||
|
|
>19.1.2</SPAN
|
||
|
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> <SPAN CLASS="cmr"
|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
|
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|
||
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> <SPAN CLASS="cmr"
|
||
|
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|
||
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|
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|
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|
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