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 36   <h1><i>Class</i> <strong>NUMBER-TEMPLATE</strong></h1>
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 38   <h2>Package:</h2>
 39 
 40   <p><code>COMMON-LISP.EXTENSIONS.DATA-AND-CONTROL-FLOW.UNIFICATION</code></p>
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 43   <h2>Class Precedence List:</h2>
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 45   <p>
 46   NUMBER-TEMPLATE, TYPE-TEMPLATE, TEMPLATE, STANDARD-OBJECT, T.
 47   </p>
 48 
 49   <h2>Known Subclasses:</h2>
 50 
 51   <p>
 52   None.
 53   </p>
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 55 
 56   <h2>Slots:</h2>
 57 
 58   <p>None.</p>
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 61   <h2>Description:</h2>
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 63   <p>The NUMBER-TEMPLATE class denotes those object  that are used
 64   to unify against a NUMBER.</p>
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 66   <h3>Template Syntax:</h3>
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 68   <p>
 69   <pre>
 70   #T42
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 74   <p>
 75   <pre>
 76   #T(<b>number</b> 42)
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 80   <p>
 81   <pre>
 82   #T(<b>number</b> ?num)
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 86   <p>
 87   <pre>
 88   #T#C(1.2 3.4)
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 93   <p>The NUMBER-TEMPLATE syntax denotes a NUMBER.
 94   NUMBER-TEMPLATEs can only unified against a NUMBER.</p>
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 97   <h2>Examples:</h2>
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100   <pre>
101   cl-prompt> (setf e (unify 42 #T42))
102   #&lt;ENVIRONMENT xxx&gt;
103   
104   cl-prompt> (setq e (unify 42 #T()))
105   --> Error: UNIFICATION-FAILURE
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107   cl-prompt> (setf e (unify 42 #T(<b>number</b> ?num)))
108   #&lt;ENVIRONMENT xxx&gt;
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110   cl-prompt> (find-variable-value '?num e)
111   42
112   T
113   </pre>
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117   <h2>Affected By:</h2>
118 
119   <p>None.</p>
120 
121 
122   <h2>Exceptional Situations:</h2>
123 
124   <p>Unifying an NUMBER-TEMPLATE against a non-NUMBER object results in
125   an UNIFICATION-FAILURE error being signaled.</p>
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128   <h2>See Also:</h2>
129 
130   <p>UNIFY</p>
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133   <h2>Notes:</h2>
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135   <p>There is no COMPLEX-NUMBER-TEMPLATE class, although a case for it can be easily made.</p>
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