From: hwei yin
Subject: SATISFIES in CL
Date: Mon, 05 Oct 1992 21:29:43 +0000
Message-ID: <Oct05.212943.105059@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>

Hello out there...

Forgive me if this is a FAQ, but is there a "satisfies" function in Common 
Lisp?  Someone mentioned it, but I was unable to find any reference in Common
LISPCraft.  Please email responses to ···@cs.colostate.edu.  You can simply
refer me to a good book if the explanation is too complex


Thank you, thank you, thank you, and bless you,
Hwei Yin (···@cs.colostate.edu)

From: Clinton Hyde
Subject: Re: SATISFIES in CL
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1992 18:45:18 +0000
Message-ID: <CHYDE.92Oct7134518@pecos.ads.com>

SATISFIES is part of the type-specifying mechanism. it's not a general
predicate for use as a function. You need to look at section 4.3 in
Steele (which is the Lisp bible--if you don't have one, get one. I
have extra copies of the first edition, if anyone's interested).

 -- clint
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