labels %o1 etc



>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Fateman  writes:

    Richard> For what it is worth, using a default ANSI lisp
    Richard> (not a "modern" allegro  or a both-cases SBCL etc), it
    Richard> is annoying to get labels from lisp, in debugging.

    Richard> In the olden days,  label   D1   was, in lisp  $D1
    Richard> which could also be typed as $d1.

    Richard> Now,  label %o1  must be typed   |$%o1|
    Richard> which is annoying.

What version are you running?  Are you saying you have to type |$%o1|
when running an ANSI lisp?  This doesn't happen to me with cmucl or
clisp; $%o1 should work.  (There was a period before case-sensitivity
was added where you did have to type |$%o1|, though.  That was very,
very annoying.)

Ray