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From: det@sybil.cs.Buffalo.EDU (donald e tranquillo)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Outputing a function to a file
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Date: 16 Feb 90 06:00:48 GMT
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I have written a program that does some self modification, but I can't figure 
out a way to output the modified function to a file. I have tried using
(SYMBOL-FUNCTION 'func-name), and then manipulating the lambda expression
back into a form that can be EVALuated, yielding the original function, but
once the function has been modified by my macro, it it converted into some
kind of internal representation, something like  <NAME  : #230096e>. If I
could find some way to recover the modified function body from the interpreter,
I could just bind it to a variable, and output it, but, alas, I can't figure
it out. So, does anyone know an easy way to recover the 'text' of this
modified function? Any suggestion would be appreciated.

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