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From: faustus@yew.Berkeley.EDU (Wayne Christopher)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: declarations
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Date: 29 Mar 90 21:12:54 GMT
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Reply-To: faustus@yew.Berkeley.EDU (Wayne Christopher)
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I'm trying to write Common Lisp code that compiles well, so I've
been putting (declare (type ...)) in all my functions, and it's a pain.
Are there any guidelines on when this will speed up the compiled code,
and when it won't help?  I'd guess that declaring numbers and lists
would be useful, but declaring other things like specific CLOS types
isn't necessary.

	Wayne