On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 8:44 AM, Martin Simmons <martin@lispworks.com> wrote:

Packages are just a way to convert strings to symbols, which is useful when
they are obtained from files outside a running CL (e.g. via the reader/fasl
loader).

Agreed. Isn't it the case that {package x string} -> symbol is

a 1-to-1 relationship? In which case, two symbols having the

same name in the same package implies that the two symbols

are in fact EQ?

Sorry if I'm late to the party, I haven't been thinking about this

for a few years.

--S