From: Matthew Costello
Subject: How does ~(str~) case conversion nest?
Date: Mon, 21 Sep 1992 19:12:38 +0000
Message-ID: <1992Sep21.191238.28917@SanDiego.NCR.COM>

I have an implementation question about case conversion in the
FORMAT function.  Does the function

	(format nil ··@(how is ~:(bob smith~)?~)")

produce string 1 or string 2?
  1.	How is bob smith?
  2.	How is Bob Smith?

My reading of CLtL2 (pg 600) is that string 1 is the result.
This means that inner case conversions are overridden by the
outermost case conversions, effectively ignoring the inner
case conversions.  Is this interpretation correct?

Please reply by email and I will summarize.  I do not wish
to start a avalanche of "It works this way here." postings.
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