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11.1.1.2.2 Package Inheritance</H2> <P>
<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#package"><I>Packages</I></A> can be built up in layers. From one point of view, a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#package"><I>package</I></A> is a single collection of mappings from <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#string"><I>strings</I></A> into <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#internal_symbol"><I>internal symbols</I></A> and <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_e.htm#external_symbol"><I>external symbols</I></A>. However, some of these mappings might be established within the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#package"><I>package</I></A> itself, while other mappings are inherited from other <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#package"><I>packages</I></A> via <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_use_pk.htm#use-package"><B>use-package</B></A>. A <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#symbol"><I>symbol</I></A> is said to be <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#present"><I>present</I></A> in a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#package"><I>package</I></A> if the mapping is in the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#package"><I>package</I></A> itself and is not inherited from somewhere else. <P>
There is no way to inherit the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#internal_symbol"><I>internal symbols</I></A> of another <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#package"><I>package</I></A>; to refer to an <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_i.htm#internal_symbol"><I>internal symbol</I></A> using the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_l.htm#lisp_reader"><I>Lisp reader</I></A>, a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#package"><I>package</I></A> containing the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#symbol"><I>symbol</I></A> must be made to be the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_c.htm#current_package"><I>current package</I></A>, a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#package_prefix"><I>package prefix</I></A> must be used, or the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#symbol"><I>symbol</I></A> must be <I>imported</I> into the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_c.htm#current_package"><I>current package</I></A>. <P>
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