From: Wolfhard Buss
Subject: Re: Style question: #\  versus #\Space
Date: 
Message-ID: <tnq3pb.fh4.ln@buss-14250.user.cis.dfn.de>
* Martin Pomije writes:

> In "ANSI Common Lisp" Paul Graham uses #\  for the space character.  A
> good example of this is on p. 65.
>
> (defun second-word (str)
>   (let ((p1 (+ (position #\  str) 1)))
>     (subseq str p1 (position #\  str :start p1))))
>
> Or in Fig. 4.2, p. 67
> 
> (defun constituent (c)
>   (and (graphic-char-p c)
>        (not (char= c #\  ))))
:
> Which one do you prefer?

Neither.

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