(setf name ...)weird in XCL ?

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From: Ray Fink
Date: Fri, 28 Jul 1989 17:38

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I am confused by the following behavior in the XCL exec, Medley 1.0 and 1.1.

29>(setf name 'foo)
foo

30>name
nil

This only seems to happen with the symbol "name".  Can anybody shed some light
on what's happening here?

Thanks
Ray Fink -- Idaho National Engineering Laboratory -- Idaho Falls ID
	rkf@INEL.GOV			208-526-9323

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