source: branches/streams/abcl/src/org/armedbear/lisp/with-output-to-string.lisp

;;; with-output-to-string.lisp
;;;
;;; Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Peter Graves
;;; $Id: with-output-to-string.lisp 11391 2008-11-15 22:38:34Z vvoutilainen $
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(in-package #:system)

;;; From SBCL.
(defmacro with-output-to-string ((var &optional string &key (element-type ''character))
         &body body)
  "If STRING is specified, it must be a string with a fill pointer;
   the output is incrementally appended to the string (as if by use of
   VECTOR-PUSH-EXTEND)."
  (multiple-value-bind (forms decls) (parse-body body)
    (if string
        (let ((ignored (gensym)))
          `(let ((,var (make-fill-pointer-output-stream ,string))
                 (,ignored ,element-type))
             (declare (ignore ,ignored))
             ,@decls
             (unwind-protect
                 (progn ,@forms)
               (close ,var))))
        `(let ((,var (make-string-output-stream :element-type ,element-type)))
           ,@decls
           (unwind-protect
               (progn ,@forms)
             (close ,var))
           (get-output-stream-string ,var)))))