Appendix A glossary

bound declaration specifier

A declaration specifier that with certainty affects a binding. Cf. CLHS bound declarations.

declaration arguments

A list of data interpreted according to rules specific to the declaration identifier the arguments belong to.

declaration

See CLHS declaration.

declaration identifier

The first element of a declaration specifier. This is either a symbol, or a a cons representing a compound type specifier. The difference from CLHS declaration identifier is that we explicitly allow any symbol, and conses. (Cf. CLHS 3.3.3.1)

declaration specifier

A list whose CAR is a declaration identifier, and whose CDR are the declaration arguments. See CLHS 3.3.2, CLHS 3.3.3.1, and CLHS declaration specifier.

free declaration specifier

A declaration specifier that does not affect a binding with certainty. Cf. CLHS free declarations.

normalized declaration identifier

A declaration identifier which analyze-declaration-specifier returns as first value.

normalized binding name

A binding name which is a symbol for a binding in the variable namespace, and a list whose first element is the symbol FUNCTION and the second element is the function name for a binding in the function namespace.

standard declaration specifier

A declaration specifier with one of the symbols in Fig 3-9 in CLHS 3.3.3 as declaration identifier.

unknown declaration specifier

A declaration specifier which is not explicitly known by analyze-declaration-specifier and which hence invokes its default method.