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## named-readtable

This function looks up a readtable by name. name must be a symbol, but it is coerced to a keyword (so readtables are named by keywords). setf may be used to associate a name to a readtable. The association can be broken by setting to `nil`. Naming readtables is particularly useful for editors (see the description of Emacs file mode line support for named readtables in eli.htm).

Here is an example:

    user(2): (setq my-rt (copy-readtable))
    #<readtable @ #x4d4fa2>
    user(3): (setf (named-readtable :mytable) my-rt)
    #<readtable @ #x4d4fa2>
    user(4): (named-readtable :mytable)
    #<readtable @ #x4d4fa2>
    user(5): (setf (named-readtable :mytable) nil)
    nil
    user(6): (named-readtable :mytable nil)
    nil
    user(7): (named-readtable :mytable)
    Error: There is no readtable named :mytable.
    [1] user(8):

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