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From: ncramer@bbn.com (Nichael Cramer)
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Subject: Re: Redefining FORMAT
Keywords: defmethod format
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Date: 14 Jun 91 19:35:25 GMT
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hall@aplcen (Marty Hall) writes:
>Also, as a minor suggestion, try "apply", since "eval" is so expensive:
>(apply #'format nil string arguments) instead of your "eval" form.

Or, alternatively,

(format nil "~?" STRING ARGUMENTS)

(This is precisely the application that I always assumed that ~? had been
invented for.)

N