UIOP:DEFINE-PACKAGE :UNINTERN
phoe opened this issue · 2 comments
phoe commented
lw2-viewer/src/backend-modules.lisp
Line 29 in 6542da6
I've seen you use the :unintern option of uiop:define-package several times across lw2-viewer - what are its effects on the code? Why are they there? I'm curious because I'm figuring out the practical use cases of :unintern and your code is what came up on GitHub's search.
kronusaturn commented
I use it to remove symbols that were used in previous versions of the code, so they don't stay around when a new version is loaded in the running server process. Mainly to prevent confusion when using apropos, and for aesthetic tidiness.
phoe commented
OK - thanks for the response!