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<A NAME="symbol-plist"><I>Accessor</I> <B>SYMBOL-PLIST</B></A> <P>
<P><B>Syntax:</B><P>
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<B>symbol-plist</B> <I>symbol</I> =&gt; <I>plist</I><P>
<TT>(setf (</TT><B>symbol-plist</B> <I>symbol</I><TT>) </TT><I>new-plist</I><TT>)</TT><P>
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<P><B>Arguments and Values:</B><P>
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<I>symbol</I>---a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#symbol"><I>symbol</I></A>. <P>
<I>plist</I>, <I>new-plist</I>---a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#property_list"><I>property list</I></A>. <P>
<P><B>Description:</B><P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_a.htm#access"><I>Accesses</I></A> the <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#property_list"><I>property list</I></A> of <I>symbol</I>. <P>
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(setq sym (gensym)) =&gt; #:G9723
(symbol-plist sym) =&gt; ()
(setf (get sym 'prop1) 'val1) =&gt; VAL1
(symbol-plist sym) =&gt; (PROP1 VAL1)
(setf (get sym 'prop2) 'val2) =&gt; VAL2
(symbol-plist sym) =&gt; (PROP2 VAL2 PROP1 VAL1)
(setf (symbol-plist sym) (list 'prop3 'val3)) =&gt; (PROP3 VAL3)
(symbol-plist sym) =&gt; (PROP3 VAL3)
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<P><B>Side Effects:</B> None.
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Should signal an error of <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_t.htm#type"><I>type</I></A> <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="e_tp_err.htm#type-error"><B>type-error</B></A> if <I>symbol</I> is not a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#symbol"><I>symbol</I></A>. <P>
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<A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_get.htm#get"><B>get</B></A>, <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="f_rempro.htm#remprop"><B>remprop</B></A> <P>
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The use of <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="m_setf_.htm#setf"><B>setf</B></A> should be avoided, since a <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_s.htm#symbol"><I>symbol</I></A>'s <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_p.htm#property_list"><I>property list</I></A> is a global resource that can contain information established and depended upon by unrelated programs in the same <A REL=DEFINITION HREF="26_glo_l.htm#lisp_image"><I>Lisp image</I></A>. <P>
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