Discover the functioning and example uses of the Common Lisp condition system. This book
supplements already existing material for studying Common Lisp as a language by providing
detailed information about the Lisp condition system and its control flow mechanisms it also
describes an example ANSI-conformant implementation of the condition system. In part 1 of The
Common Lisp Condition System the author introduces the condition system using a bottom-up
approach constructing it piece by piece. He uses a storytelling approach to convey the
foundation of the condition system dynamically providing code to alter the behavior of an
existing program. Later in part 2 you'll implement a full and complete ANSI-conformant
condition system while examining and testing each piece of code that you write. Throughout the
author demonstrates how to extend Lisp using Lisp itself by using the condition system as an
example. This is done while paying proper attention to the CL restart subsystem giving it
attention on a par with the handler subsystem. After reading and using this book you'll have
learned about the inner functioning of the condition system how to use it in your own Common
Lisp coding and applications and how to implement it from scratch should such a need arise.
What You Will Learn Examine the condition system and see why it is important in Common Lisp
Construct the condition system from scratch using foundational mechanisms provided by Common
Lisp Program the condition system and its control flow mechanisms to achieve practical results
Implement all parts of a condition system: conditions restarts handler- and restart-binding
macros signalling mechanisms assertions a debugger and more Who This Book Is For Beginning
and intermediate Lisp programmers as well as intermediate programmers of other programming
languages.
