Subject: Re: bug#69739: 30.0.50; `type-of` is not precise enough

From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 10:51:33 +0100

Stefan Monnier [2024-03-14 12:56 -0400] wrote:

> I ended up with `cl-type-of` as the name of the new function (after
> all, it tries to better match the expected semantics of Common Lisp's
> `type-of`).
>
> Comments?  Objections?

No objections here, just one question: did you consider extending
type-of with an optional argument instead of introducing cl-type-of?
Or would that be too messy?

Thanks,
-- 
Basil