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#### 5.3.63 get-setf-expansion [Function]

`get-setf-expansion` place &optional environment
⇒ vars, vals, store-vars, writer-form, reader-form

#### Arguments and Values::

place—a place.

environment—an environment object.

vars, vals, store-vars, writer-form, reader-form—a setf expansion.

#### Description::

Determines five values constituting the setf expansion for place in environment; see Setf Expansions.

If environment is not supplied or nil, the environment is the null lexical environment.

#### Examples::

     (get-setf-expansion 'x)
    ⇒  NIL, NIL, (#:G0001), (SETQ X #:G0001), X

    ;;; This macro is like POP

     (defmacro xpop (place &environment env)
       (multiple-value-bind (dummies vals new setter getter)
                            (get-setf-expansion place env)
          `(let* (,@(mapcar #'list dummies vals) (,(car new) ,getter))
             (if (cdr new) (error "Can't expand this."))
             (prog1 (car ,(car new))
                    (setq ,(car new) (cdr ,(car new)))
                    ,setter))))

     (defsetf frob (x) (value)
         `(setf (car ,x) ,value)) ⇒  FROB
    ;;; The following is an error; an error might be signaled at macro expansion time
     (flet ((frob (x) (cdr x)))  ;Invalid
       (xpop (frob z)))

#### See Also::

defsetf , define-setf-expander , setf

#### Notes::

Any compound form is a valid place, since any compound form whose operator f has no setf expander are expanded into a call to `(setf f)`.