Hello,

I encounter a problem trying to download babel using quicklisp.

I am on debian squeeze and I use the last version of sbcl 1.0.55 that I downloaded 5mns ago from the website, together with a fresh install of quicklisp. I can reproduce the error using the version of sbcl 1.0.40 in the debian repositories.

The relevant part of the log which is attached to this message seems to be * (ql:quickload "babel") To load "babel": Load 1 ASDF system: babel ; Loading "babel"

; file: /home/harven/.quicklisp/dists/quicklisp/software/babel-20120208-git/src/enc-unicode.lisp ; in: DEFINE-UTF-16 :UTF-16 ; (BABEL-ENCODINGS::DEFINE-UTF-16 :UTF-16) ; ; caught ERROR: ; (during macroexpansion of (DEFINE-UTF-16 :UTF-16)) ; #:~A-CODE-POINT-COUNTER fell through ETYPECASE expression. ; Wanted one of (STRING SIMPLE-STRING).

A similar error has been reported on github https://github.com/cl-babel/babel/issues/9 where it was suggested to run the command (alexandria:format-symbol t '#:~a-code-point-counter "UTF16") Here is what I get.

* (ql:quickload "alexandria") To load "alexandria": Load 1 ASDF system: alexandria ; Loading "alexandria"

("alexandria") * (alexandria:format-symbol t '#:~a-code-point-counter "UTF16")

debugger invoked on a SB-KERNEL:CASE-FAILURE in thread #<THREAD "initial thread" RUNNING {AB2C889}>: #:~A-CODE-POINT-COUNTER fell through ETYPECASE expression. Wanted one of (STRING SIMPLE-STRING).

Type HELP for debugger help, or (SB-EXT:QUIT) to exit from SBCL.

restarts (invokable by number or by possibly-abbreviated name): 0: [ABORT] Exit debugger, returning to top level.

(SB-KERNEL:CASE-FAILURE ETYPECASE #:~A-CODE-POINT-COUNTER (STRING SIMPLE-STRING)) 0] 0

Any help ?

Sincerely,