|  | ANSI Common Lisp  11 Packages  11.2 Dictionary of Packages 
 
| 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. |