From ... From: Erik Naggum Subject: Re: Newbie asking for help Date: 2000/06/23 Message-ID: <3170780959479982@naggum.no>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 638227990 References: <8iti9v$d19$1@nnrp1.deja.com> <39527922.5BBF41CB@gmx.de> <3953971B.81E3A336@pacbell.net> mail-copies-to: never Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@eunet.no X-Trace: oslo-nntp.eunet.no 961796846 882 195.0.192.66 (23 Jun 2000 21:47:26 GMT) Organization: Naggum Software; vox: +47 8800 8879; fax: +47 8800 8601; http://www.naggum.no User-Agent: Gnus/5.0803 (Gnus v5.8.3) Emacs/20.6 Mime-Version: 1.0 NNTP-Posting-Date: 23 Jun 2000 21:47:26 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp * "Steven M. Haflich" | BTW, in an earlier post Erik wrote: | | You're using a free variable, nlines, in this code. You should not | use a free variable unless you have very specific need for it. This | does not affect the correctness of your code, however. | | I think this is incorrect. Use of a free, undeclared variable name | is illegal. "Free variable" is orthogonal to "undeclared variable". Your gripe is about "undeclared variables". I talked about "free variable". Please, some precision when you pick nits. #:Erik -- If this is not what you expected, please alter your expectations.