CLHS: Accessor READTABLE-CASE

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Accessor READTABLE-CASE

Syntax:

readtable-case readtable => mode

`(setf (`readtable-case readtable`)` mode`)`

Arguments and Values:

readtable---a readtable.

mode---a case sensitivity mode.

Description:

Accesses the readtable case of readtable, which affects the way in which the Lisp Reader reads symbols and the way in which the Lisp Printer writes symbols.

Examples:

See Section 23.1.2.1 (Examples of Effect of Readtable Case on the Lisp Reader) and Section 22.1.3.3.2.1 (Examples of Effect of Readtable Case on the Lisp Printer).

Affected By: None.

Exceptional Situations:

Should signal an error of type type-error if readtable is not a readtable. Should signal an error of type type-error if mode is not a case sensitivity mode.

See Also:

*readtable*, *print-escape*, Section 2.2 (Reader Algorithm), Section 23.1.2 (Effect of Readtable Case on the Lisp Reader), Section 22.1.3.3.2 (Effect of Readtable Case on the Lisp Printer)

Notes:

copy-readtable copies the readtable case of the readtable.

The following X3J13 cleanup issue, not part of the specification, applies to this section:

- READ-CASE-SENSITIVITY:READTABLE-KEYWORDS

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