Locating a Symbol in a Package (ANSI and GNU Common Lisp Document)

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#### 11.1.1.6 Locating a Symbol in a Package

When a symbol is to be located in a given package the following occurs:

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  The external symbols and internal symbols of the package are searched for the symbol.

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  The external symbols of the used packages are searched in some unspecified order. The order does not matter; see the rules for handling name conflicts listed below.