From: Janne Rinta-Manty
Subject: Re: set-macro-character
Date: 
Message-ID: <xknsnn7e40y.fsf@lepoluoto.cs.Helsinki.FI>
Vladimir V Zolotych 2000-12-29T10:25:23Z:
> Erik Naggum wrote:
> > Since you should _never_ call read without recursive-p in, ....

(which was followed by:)
[...] recursive calls to the Lisp reader [...]

> If so, why the doc says:
> '....recursive-p---a generalized boolean. The default is false. .....'

So, it says so because not every call to read is recursive and the
default is non-recursive. But, _if_ the call is recursive, _then_
recursive-p must be true.

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Janne Rinta-M�nty