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authorcolin <colin@cicadas.surf>2023-09-16 10:06:21 -0700
committercolin <colin@cicadas.surf>2023-09-16 10:06:21 -0700
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+;;;; forget.lisp
+
+(in-package #:forget)
+
+(defun forget (symbol &key
+ (function? t)
+ (value? t)
+ (class? t)
+ (plist? t)
+ (interns? t)
+ (package? nil))
+ "Uninterns and forgets everything about a symbol"
+ (assert (symbolp symbol) (symbol) "~s is not a symbol." symbol)
+
+ (when (and function? (fboundp symbol))
+ (warn "Unbinding function ~s" symbol)
+ (fmakunbound symbol))
+
+ (when (and value? (boundp symbol))
+ (warn "Unbinding value ~s" symbol)
+ (makunbound symbol))
+
+ (when (and class? (find-class symbol nil))
+ (warn "Unbinding class ~s" symbol)
+ (setf (find-class symbol) nil))
+
+ (when (and plist? (symbol-plist symbol))
+ (warn "Dropping symbol-plist on ~s" symbol)
+ (setf (symbol-plist symbol) nil))
+
+ (when interns?
+ (warn "Uninterning ~s from ~s"
+ symbol
+ (package-name (symbol-package symbol)))
+ (unintern symbol (symbol-package symbol)))
+
+ (when (and package? (find-package symbol))
+ (warn "Deleting package ~s" (package-name (find-package symbol)))
+ (delete-package (find-package symbol))))