From: Numeromancer
Subject: Re: (defX-export ...
Date: 
Message-ID: <EYeGj.2548$p24.2535@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com>
Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article <··············@unnamed.xach.com>,
>  Zach Beane <····@xach.com> wrote:
> 
>> Numeromancer <·······@sbcglobal.net> writes:
>>
>>> I know most readers of the code will expect to find all exported
>>> symbols in defpackage, but that can be fixed with a comment.
>> What would you fix? The expectation of finding all exported symbols in
>> one place, or the absence of a list of exported symbols? I wouldn't
>> find the former very satisfying, and the latter would be the same
>> amount of work as actually maintaining the export list in the
>> defpackage form.
> 
> I think he means a comment like this:
> 
> (defpackage ...
>   ;; No :EXPORT, using DEFUN-EXPORT instead
>   ...
> )
> 

Yes, that is what I meant.  Something to tell the reader that there are symbols
exported from this package, they just aren't listed here.

Tim S