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5.1.2.4 THE Forms as Places

A the form can be used as a place, in which case the declaration is transferred to the newvalue form, and the resulting setf is analyzed. For example,

 (setf (the integer (cadr x)) (+ y 3))

is processed as if it were

 (setf (cadr x) (the integer (+ y 3)))