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ANSI Common Lisp 22 Printer 22.4 Dictionary of Printer
22.4.18 *print-case* |
Variable |
- Value Type:
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One of the symbols :upcase, :downcase, or :capitalize.
- Initial Value:
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The symbol :upcase.
- Description:
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The value of *print-case* controls the case (upper, lower, or mixed) in
which to print any uppercase characters in the names of symbols
when vertical-bar syntax is not used.
*print-case* has an effect at all times when the value of *print-escape*
is false. *print-case* also has an effect when
the value of *print-escape* is true unless inside an escape context
(i.e., unless between vertical-bars or after a slash).
- Examples:
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(defun test-print-case ()
(dolist (*print-case* '(:upcase :downcase :capitalize))
(format t "~&~S ~S~%" 'this-and-that '|And-something-elSE|)))
TEST-PC
;; Although the choice of which characters to escape is specified by
;; *PRINT-CASE*, the choice of how to escape those characters
;; (i.e., whether single escapes or multiple escapes are used)
;; is implementation-dependent. The examples here show two of the
;; many valid ways in which escaping might appear.
(test-print-case) ;Implementation A
THIS-AND-THAT |And-something-elSE|
this-and-that a\n\d-\s\o\m\e\t\h\i\n\g-\e\lse
This-And-That A\n\d-\s\o\m\e\t\h\i\n\g-\e\lse
NIL
(test-print-case) ;Implementation B
THIS-AND-THAT |And-something-elSE|
this-and-that a|nd-something-el|se
This-And-That A|nd-something-el|se
NIL
- See Also:
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write
- Notes:
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read normally converts lowercase characters appearing
in symbols to corresponding uppercase characters,
so that internally print names normally contain only uppercase characters.
If *print-escape* is true,
lowercase characters in the name of a symbol
are always printed in lowercase, and
are preceded by a single escape character
or enclosed by multiple escape characters;
uppercase characters in the name of a symbol
are printed in upper case, in lower case, or in mixed case
so as to capitalize words, according to the value of
*print-case*. The convention for what constitutes
a "word" is the same as for string-capitalize.
- Allegro CL Implementation Details:
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None.
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