SBCL Internals
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Redundant code-paths: could use a cleanup, but non-critical.

Function Name Validation

As Of 0.9.9.38 the compiler checks the sanity of function-namish things multiple times, depending on the code-path taken.

See LEGAL-FUN-NAME-P, CHECK-FUN-NAME and PROCLAIM-AS-FUN-NAME and their callers.

It should be feasible to untangle this (so this is a TODO), and check for correctness only once per name -- or at least only once when compiling and once when loading.

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