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| ANSI Common Lisp 13 Characters 13.2 Dictionary of Characters
13.2.21 name-char | Function
  Syntax: name-char name char-p Arguments and Values: name - a string designator. char-p - a character or nil. Description: Returns the character object whose name is name (as determined by string-equal - i.e., lookup is not case sensitive). If such a character does not exist, nil is returned. Examples:
      (name-char 'space)  #\Space
      (name-char "space")  #\Space
      (name-char "Space")  #\Space
      (let ((x (char-name #\a)))
        (or (not x) (eql (name-char x) #\a)))  true
Exceptional Situations: Should signal an error of type type-error if name is not a string designator. See Also: char-name Allegro CL Implementation Details: None.

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