## Macro: COMMON-LISP:DEFPARAMETER [![package](https://img.shields.io/badge/Package-COMMON--LISP-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../) [![type](https://img.shields.io/badge/Type-Macro-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](../#macro) [![clhs](https://img.shields.io/badge/CLHS-DEFPARAMETER-5f9ea0.svg?style=social&colorA=999999)](http://www.lispworks.com/documentation/HyperSpec/Body/m_defpar.htm) > Define a parameter that is not normally changed by the program, > but that may be changed without causing an error. Declare the > variable special and sets its value to VAL, overwriting any > previous value. The third argument is an optional documentation > string for the parameter. ### Lambda list ```cl (sb-debug:var sb-impl::val &optional sb-impl::doc) ```