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Type KEYWORD

Supertypes:

keyword, symbol, t

Description:

The type keyword includes all symbols interned the KEYWORD package.

Interning a symbol in the KEYWORD package has three automatic effects:

1. It causes the symbol to become bound to itself.

2. It causes the symbol to become an external symbol of the KEYWORD package.

3. It causes the symbol to become a constant variable.

See Also:

keywordp

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