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 36   <h1><i>Macro</i> <strong>MATCH</strong></h1>
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 38   <h2>Package:</h2>
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 40   <p><code>COMMON-LISP.EXTENSIONS.DATA-AND-CONTROL-FLOW.UNIFICATION</code></p>
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 43   <h2>Syntax:</h2>
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 48   <b>match</b> (<i>template</i> <i>object</i> &amp;key <i>substitution</i> <i>errorp</i> <i>error-value</i>) &amp;body <i>forms</i>
 49   => <i>results</i>*
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 53   <h3>Arguments and Values:</h3>
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 55   <p><i><code>template</code></i>---a <i>unification template</i>
 56   <p><i><code>object</code></i>---an <i>object</i>
 57   <p><i><code>substitution</code></i>---a <i>substitution</i>
 58   <p><i><code>errorp</code></i>---a <i>generalized boolean</i>
 59   <p><i><code>error-value</code></i>---an <i>object</i>
 60   <p><i><code>forms</code></i>---an <i>implicit progn</i>
 61   <p><i><code>results</code></i>---the <i>values</i> returned by <i>forms</i>
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 66   <h2>Description:</h2>
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 69   MATCH sets up a lexical environment to evaluate <i>forms</i> after a unification operation.
 70   MATCH unifies a <i>template</i> and an <i>object</i> and then sets up a lexical
 71   environment where the variables present in the template are bound
 72   lexically.  Note that both variable names '?FOO' and 'FOO' are bound
 73   for convenience.</p>
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 75   <p>The MATCH form returns the values returned by the evaluation of the
 76   last of the <i>forms</i>.</p>
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 78   <p>If <i>errorp</i> is non-NIL (the default) then the form raises a
 79   UNIFICATION-FAILURE, otherwise the result of evaluating <i>error-value</i>,
 80   whose default is NIL is returned.</p>
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 83   <h2>Affected By:</h2>
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 85   <p>None.</p>
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 88   <h2>Exceptional Situations:</h2>
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 90   <p>See above.</p>
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 93   <h2>See Also:</h2>
 94 
 95   <p>UNIFY, UNIFICATION-FAILURE</p>
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 97   <h2>Notes:</h2>
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 99   <p>Note that UNIFICATION-FAILUREs
100   raising from the evaluation of <i>forms</i> will also be caught and handled by the enclosing MATCH
101   according to <i>errorp</i> settings.</p>
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