在字符串比较函数中将 NIL 作为参数是否有效?

Is it valid to have NIL as an argument in the string comparison functions?

我想知道 (string= "abc" nil) 在 Common Lisp 中是否有效。我注意到即使 nil 不是字符串,SBCL 也不会抱怨。 (string= '() nil) returns T 虽然两个参数都不是字符串 ...

(SBCL 版本:2.2.2)

在 Common Lisp 中,字符串比较运算符接受“字符串指示符”。根据Reference Manual,我们有:

string designator n. a designator for a string; that is, an object that denotes a string and that is one of: a character (denoting a singleton string that has the character as its only element), a symbol (denoting the string that is its name), or a string (denoting itself).

因此运算符接受符号,并比较它们的名称。

另一方面,空列表等价于符号NIL:

nil n. the object that is at once the symbol named "NIL" in the COMMON-LISP package, the empty list, the boolean (or generalized boolean) representing false, and the name of the empty type.

所以比较相当于测试字符串"NIL""NIL"是否相等,这显然是正确的。