From: David Bakhash
Subject: defparameter at compile-time...
Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <cxjd80c3d0w.fsf@acs5.bu.edu>

hi,

I'm trying to figure out when defparameter does its thing.

I have a function that I absolutely want to be determined at load-time.  Other
functions depend on it:

(defparameter *temp-dir*
  (generate-temp-dir-name))

Is there a way to guarantee that this fn gets called at at load time?  Is it to just do:

(eval-when (load)
  (defparam ...))

or is it to do:

(defparam *temp-dir*
  (load-time-value (generate-temp-dir-name)))

?

dave

From: Erik Naggum
Subject: Re: defparameter at compile-time...
Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 00:00:00 +0000
Message-ID: <3135131519172661@naggum.no>

* David Bakhash <·····@bu.edu>
| I'm trying to figure out when defparameter does its thing.

  DEFPARAMETER does its thing at load-time.  however, the symbol is
  declared special at compile-time, also.

  what do you do and observe that lead you to do think you need something
  special to make it work at load-time?

#:Erik