[cmucl-imp] Re: setenv, unsetenv

[Raymond Toy]

Madhu wrote:
> My confusion appears to be because I was calling functions (via ffi)
> which in turn used getenv(3) to query the environment to decide on
> behaviour.
>   
This, however, is enough reason to have setenv/putenv to keep
*environment-list* and the C environment synchronized.  If the user
manipulated *environment-list* directly, the changes wouldn't be seen by
ffi.  This doesn't solve the issue if some function modifies the
environment, though.

Ray