2 The Common Dylan Library

2.1 Introduction

The Common Dylan library contains the Common Extensions library and the Dylan library. It provides a number of features that were either omitted from the Dylan language described in the DRM, or that Functional Objects' Dylan developers have found useful in a broad range of situations.

The Common Dylan library exports the following modules:

common-extensions
: Miscellaneous extensions to the Dylan language.
functional-extensions: Provided for backward compatibility.
simple-format: Simple formatting facilities. For more flexible formatting and printing, consider the separate Format and Print libraries.
simple-random: A simple facility for generating pseudo-random integers.
finalization: An object finalization interface.
transcendentals: A set of open generic functions for ANSI C-like behavior over real numbers.
machine-words: A set of functions for representing a limited range of integral values.