| Allegro CL version 8.2 Unrevised from 8.1 to 8.2. 8.1 version |
Arguments: object &optional package
Returns a symbol derived from an arbitrary object. When a command
that acts on a symbol (such as trace or quick-symbol-info) is invoked
in the Allegro development environment, the default selected-symbol
method finds a symbol to apply the command to by calling object-symbol
on the selected-object of the selected window. Object-symbol may
return nil
if a symbol cannot be derived in
some reasonable way from the object. Object-symbol is bypassed if
there is a more specific selected-symbol method for a particular
command and selected window; these more specific methods sometimes
exist when it is not sufficient to funnel through the general
selected-object in order to derive a selected-symbol for the window.
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Created 2010.1.21.
| Allegro CL version 8.2 Unrevised from 8.1 to 8.2. 8.1 version |