From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.esat.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader2.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: Declare and Progn References: <3Q1B7.885$ZD5.178008@news.uswest.net> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3212782914434662@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 13 User-Agent: Gnus/5.0808 (Gnus v5.8.8) Emacs/20.7 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 23:41:55 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@Norway.EU.net X-Trace: nreader2.kpnqwest.net 1003794115 193.71.66.49 (Tue, 23 Oct 2001 01:41:55 MET DST) NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 01:41:55 MET DST Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:18418 * "David McClain" | I'm curious about the reason why a (DECLARE ...) clause is not valid after a | PROGN, but it is after any form that produces bindings, like PROG, PROG*, | LET, DEFUN, etc, etc. Because you should use the special operator locally to do this, not progn. /// -- Norway is now run by a priest from the fundamentalist Christian People's Party, the fifth largest party representing one eighth of the electorate. -- The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. -- Richard Hamming