## Function: COMMON-LISP:FIND-PACKAGE
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> If PACKAGE-DESIGNATOR is a package, it is returned. Otherwise PACKAGE-DESIGNATOR
> must be a string designator, in which case the package it names is located and returned.
> 
> As an SBCL extension, the current package may affect the way a package name is
> resolved: if the current package has local nicknames specified, package names
> matching those are resolved to the packages associated with them instead.
> 
> Example:
> 
> (defpackage :a)
> (defpackage :example (:use :cl) (:local-nicknames (:x :a)))
> (let ((*package* (find-package :example)))
> (find-package :x)) => #<PACKAGE A>
> 
> See also: ADD-PACKAGE-LOCAL-NICKNAME, PACKAGE-LOCAL-NICKNAMES,
> REMOVE-PACKAGE-LOCAL-NICKNAME, and the DEFPACKAGE option :LOCAL-NICKNAMES.

### Lambda list
```cl
(sb-kernel:package-designator)
```