"Fare" == Far <Far> writes:
Fare> Dear Xf, Fare> thanks for the patch. On allegro 8.1, is it only compile-file-pathname Fare> that refuses the :external-format argument, or compile-file as well? Fare> In the latter case, how does allegro 8.1 control encoding for input Fare> files? Does it rely on a special variable?
Is this not a bug in Allegro's compile-file-pathname. The CLHS says compile-file-pathname should accept all keywords accepted by compile-file.
The docs for Allegro 8.1[1] says compile-file accepts :external-format.
Ray [1] http://www.franz.com/support/documentation/8.1/ansicl/dictentr/compile-.htm