<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ANSI_X3.4-1968"><title>Chapter 5. Packages</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="ecl.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.75.2"><link rel="home" href="index.html" title="The ECL manual"><link rel="up" href="pt01.html" title="Part I. Standards"><link rel="prev" href="ch04.html" title="Chapter 4. Symbols"><link rel="next" href="ch06.html" title="Chapter 6. Numbers"></head><body bgcolor="white" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter 5. Packages</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">Part I. Standards</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch06.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" title="Chapter 5. Packages"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="sec.ansi.packages"></a>Chapter 5. Packages</h2></div></div></div><div class="table"><a name="table.all-packages"></a><p class="title"><b>Table 5.1. ECL packages</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="ECL packages" border="1"><colgroup><col><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Nickname</th><th>In module</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><span class="package">COMMON-LISP</span></td><td><span class="package">CL</span>, <span class="package">LISP</span></td><td><span class="application">ECL</span> core</td><td>Main Common Lisp package.</td></tr><tr><td><span class="package">CLOS</span></td><td><span class="package">MOP</span></td><td><span class="application">ECL</span> core</td><td>Symbols from the <a class="xref" href="bi01.html#bib.AMOP">[AMOP]</a>.</td></tr><tr><td><span class="package">SYSTEM</span></td><td><span class="package">SI</span>, <span class="package">SYS</span></td><td><span class="application">ECL</span> core</td><td>Functions and variables internal to the implementation</td></tr><tr><td><span class="package">CMP</span></td><td><span class="package">C</span></td><td><span class="package">CMP</span></td><td>The compiler</td></tr><tr><td><span class="package">XLIB</span></td><td><span class="package">CLX</span></td><td><span class="package">XLIB</span></td><td>CLX library for X-Windows</td></tr><tr><td><span class="package">SB-BSD-SOCKETS</span></td><td> </td><td><span class="package">SOCKETS</span></td><td>Sockets library compatible with <acronym class="acronym">SBCL</acronym>'s</td></tr><tr><td><span class="package">SB-RT</span></td><td><span class="package">RT</span>, <span class="package">REGRESSION-TEST</span></td><td><span class="package">RT</span></td><td>Test units (customized for <span class="application">ECL</span>)</td></tr><tr><td><span class="package">ASDF</span></td><td> </td><td><span class="package">ASDF</span></td><td>System definition file with <span class="application">ECL</span> customizations.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><br class="table-break"><p>In <a class="xref" href="ch05.html#table.all-packages" title="Table 5.1. ECL packages">Table 5.1</a> we list all packages available in <span class="application">ECL</span>. The nicknames are aliases for a package. Thus, <span class="symbol">system:symbol</span> may be written as <span class="symbol">sys:symbol</span> or <span class="symbol">si:symbol</span>. The module field explains which library provides that package. For instance, the <span class="package">ASDF</span> is obtained when loading the <span class="package">ASDF</span> library with <code class="code">(require 'asdf)</code>; and the <span class="package">XLIB</span> package when configuring and loading the <span class="package">CLX</span> library.</p></div><div class="navfooter"><hr><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="ch04.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="pt01.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="ch06.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">Chapter 4. Symbols </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> Chapter 6. Numbers</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
