Didier Verna <didier@lrde.epita.fr> writes:
(format stream "... ~\e\ ..." #|...|# str #|...|#)
\ is already meaningful in strings, to escape \ or ". So you'd have to use ~\\e\\.
Of course, there are package issues. Maybe we would need a centralized mapping between function names (what goes in ~\\) and actual symbols denoting the actual function? Possibly with the possibility to override the mapping by providing a package prefix in the ~\\ construct?
I don't like it.
WDYT? Does something like that already exists[2]?
The standard already allows control-strings to be functions. So you could write a cl:formatter-like macro with any extension you like. There's no need for any extension, just use CL. -- __Pascal Bourguignon__ http://www.informatimago.com/ A bad day in () is better than a good day in {}.