Helmut Eller wrote:

I didn't apply the "Alien type" -> "Alien / Foreign type" change, because I think it's annoying to both CMUCL and CLISP users; "Alien" only annoys CLISP users.

And Lispworks, the day it gets similar functionality. And CormanLisp (I just checked). My opinion was that the name hint was ok (look behind the fence), given that only a few symbols will have such a property. But it's a minor point. I have one more patch in the line. Regards, Jorg Hohle.