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;;; copy-symbol.lisp
;;;
;;; Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Peter Graves
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(in-package #:system)
;;; From CMUCL.
(defun copy-symbol (symbol &optional (copy-props nil) &aux new-symbol)
(declare (type symbol symbol))
(setq new-symbol (make-symbol (symbol-name symbol)))
(when copy-props
(when (boundp symbol)
(set new-symbol (symbol-value symbol)))
(setf (symbol-plist new-symbol) (copy-list (symbol-plist symbol)))
(when (fboundp symbol)
(setf (symbol-function new-symbol) (symbol-function symbol))))
new-symbol)