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<div id="content"><div id="content-area"><div id="article-title">Issue DEFCONSTANT-PREVIOUS-VALUE</div><div id="article"><a href="Issue.html" class="category">Issue</a>: DEFCONSTANT-PREVIOUS-VALUE<p>Forum: Editorial<p>References: <a href="https://www.cliki.net/site/HyperSpec/Body/mac_defconstant.html" class="hyperspec">DEFCONSTANT</a><p>Category: CLARIFICATION/CHANGE<p>Edit history: 2004-07-20, Version 1 by Bruno Haible<p>Status: For CLiki consideration<p><dl>
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<dt>Problem Description:<p></dt>
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<a href="https://www.cliki.net/site/HyperSpec/Body/mac_defconstant.html" class="hyperspec">DEFCONSTANT</a> says "The consequences are undefined if there are any bindings of the variable named by name at the time defconstant is executed or if the value is not eql to the value of initial-value." It is not clear what "the value" is.<p></dd>
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<dt>Proposal (DEFCONSTANT-PREVIOUS-VALUE:CLARIFY):<p></dt>
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<dd>Clarify "...or the symbol-value of name...", or equivalent.<p></dd>
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<dd>None.<p></dd>
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<dd>Clarity.<p></dd>
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<li>Bruno Haible supports proposal CLARIFY.
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