From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!diablo.netcom.net.uk!netcom.net.uk!newsfeed1.bredband.com!bredband!uio.no!nntp.uio.no!ifi.uio.no!not-for-mail From: Erik Naggum Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: special variables Date: 09 Sep 2002 16:41:56 +0000 Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 16 Message-ID: <3240578516876072@naggum.no> References: <87znut8g7g.fsf@dill.topp.dyndns.com> <87vg5g6s9h.fsf@dill.topp.dyndns.com> <3240516108606891@naggum.no> <87d6ro6muf.fsf@dill.topp.dyndns.com> <3240529168697173@naggum.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: maud.ifi.uio.no 1031589717 25297 129.240.64.16 (9 Sep 2002 16:41:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ifi.uio.no NNTP-Posting-Date: 9 Sep 2002 16:41:57 GMT Mail-Copies-To: never User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:40075 * Aleksandr Skobelev | There are two spaces for binding variables: lexical and global | (i.e. special) scopes. This will most likely cause further confusion. | If symbol isn't declared as a special one, then in LET form Lisp will try to | find binding in lexical scope first, and then, if failed, in global scope. Such as this, which is just plain wrong. -- Erik Naggum, Oslo, Norway Act from reason, and failure makes you rethink and study harder. Act from faith, and failure makes you blame someone and push harder.