Is it possible to have an alias for the function name in Lisp?

Question

...just like packages do.

I use Emacs (maybe, it can offer some kind of solution).

For example (defun the-very-very-long-but-good-name () ...) is no

Answer 1

If it's all the typing which makes continual use of long names undesirable, then yes, emacs can help. Check out abbrev-mode. Also well thought-of in this context is hippie-expand.

If it's a question of readability, that's harder.

Answer 2

from 《On Lisp》？Here is the code:

(defmacro alias (new-name prev-name)
  `(defmacro ,new-name (&rest args)
     `(,',prev-name ,@args)))

; use: (alias df defun)


(defun group (source n)
  (if (zerop n) (error "zero length"))
  (labels ((rec (source acc)
             (let ((rest (nthcdr n source)))
               (if (consp rest)
                   (rec rest (cons (subseq source 0 n) acc))
                   (nreverse (cons source acc))))))
    (if source (rec source nil) nil)))

(defmacro aliasx (&rest names)
  `(alias
     ,@(mapcar #'(lambda (pair)
                   `(alias ,@pair))
               (group names 2))))

; use: (aliasx df1 defun 
;              df2 defun 
;              df3 defun)