keyword (ANSI and GNU Common Lisp Document)

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#### 10.2.2 keyword [Type]

#### Supertypes::

keyword, symbol, t

#### Description::

The type keyword includes all symbols interned the `KEYWORD` package.

Interning a symbol in the `KEYWORD` package has three automatic effects:

1.

  It causes the symbol to become bound to itself.

2.

  It causes the symbol to become an external symbol of the `KEYWORD` package.

3.

  It causes the symbol to become a constant variable.

#### See Also::

keywordp