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11.2.5 find-all-symbols Function

Syntax:
find-all-symbols string    symbols

Arguments and Values:
string - a string designator.

symbols - a list of symbols.

Description:
find-all-symbols searches every registered package for symbols that have a name that is the same (under string=) as string. A list of all such symbols is returned. Whether or how the list is ordered is implementation-dependent.

Examples:
 (find-all-symbols 'car)
 (CAR)
OR(CAR VEHICLES:CAR)
OR(VEHICLES:CAR CAR)
 (intern "CAR" (make-package 'temp :use nil))   TEMP::CAR, NIL
 (find-all-symbols 'car)
 (TEMP::CAR CAR)
OR(CAR TEMP::CAR)
OR(TEMP::CAR CAR VEHICLES:CAR)
OR(CAR TEMP::CAR VEHICLES:CAR)

See Also:
find-symbol

Allegro CL Implementation Details:
None.

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