Subject: bug#72160: 29.3; package buglet

From: Devon Sean McCullough <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 21 Jul 2024 10:30:32 -0500

On 2024-07-21 05:59, Philip Kaludercic wrote:
> Devon Sean McCullough <[email-masked]> writes:
>> Strings and symbols should be equally acceptable package designators.
> 
> We can improve on that error message, but is there any use-case for
> denoting a package by a string?

Consistency -- load-library takes strings.
Features, libraries & packages all fill the same needs
so require should take strings too.

		Peace
			--Devon

P.S.  Symbol/string dichotomy exposes implementation
details not germane to the user's task.