Add function COMPILEFILETYPE

[rmkaplan]

(COMPILEFILETYPE CFILE) returns CL:COMPILE-FILE IL:FAKE-COMPILE-FILE or BCOMPL, depending on how the compiled file CFILE was compiled. NIL if CFILE is not a compiled file.

Reads the filecreated expression.

[rmkaplan]

BCOMPL is returned if it was compiled by the byte-compiler in any way: TCOMPL, RECOMPILE, BCOMP, BRECOMPILE.

This may be useful for #2303

[masinter]

isn't this just what COMPILE-FILE? does?
Perhaps COMPILEFILETYPE is a better name? But having two different entrypoints that don't agree doesn't seem like a good idea.

[rmkaplan]

I think COMPILE-FILE? works after a file has been loaded, looks at the property to see what compiler to use now. This looks at an existing compiled file, tells which compiler was used then.

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[pamoroso]

Works as expected on Linux Mint 22.1 Cinnamon.