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| 11.2.4  find-package | 
Function | 
  
 - Syntax:
 - 
find-package
name
  
  package
  - Arguments and Values:
 - 
name - a string designator or a package object.
package - a package object or nil.
 
  - Description:
 - 
If name is a string designator,
find-package locates and returns the
package whose name or nickname is name.
This
search is case sensitive.
If there is no such package,
find-package returns nil.
If name is a package object,
that package object is returned.
 
  - Examples:
 - 
 (find-package 'common-lisp)   #<PACKAGE "COMMON-LISP">
 (find-package "COMMON-LISP-USER")   #<PACKAGE "COMMON-LISP-USER">
 (find-package 'not-there)    NIL
 
  - Affected By:
 - 
The set of packages created by the implementation.
defpackage,
delete-package,
make-package,
rename-package
 
  - See Also:
 - 
make-package
  - Allegro CL Implementation Details:
 - 
 None.
  
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