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From: IWAKI Hidekazu <i.hidekazu@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Can free variable refers to a lexical environment?
Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2010 04:43:14 -0800 (PST)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <180666d9-2ecb-4d99-a419-739650a8fb3d@c37g2000prb.googlegroups.com> (raw)

Hello,

I need to make a table factory function in emacs with cl extension.
but I'm scheme user. I'm confusing emacs lisp behavior.
will you please tell me the emacs lisp's free variable issue.

my table factory function is following code:
 (defun mk-table-instance ()
  (let ((table nil)) ;; create a lexical value `table`
    (defun __temp__ (msg &rest value)
      ;; some operation changes the lexical variable `table`
      (case msg
	((push) (push (car value) table))
	(otherwise table)))
    (function __temp__)))
;; return the `__temp__`  procedure with the lexical variable `table`
;; i.e. return a closure.

(fset 'table-object (mk-table-instance))
;; 'table-object is an unique procedure object.
(table-object 'push 13)
;; my plan => operate an unique `table` variable which was created by
involving `mk-table-instance`
;; real        => "Debugger entered--Lisp error: (void-variable
table)"!!!!!!!

I researched this code. I guess the lexical binded variable `table` in
`mk-table-instance` procedure refer to the global environment.
In scheme, the variable refer to the lexical environment.

How to refer to a lexical environment?


             reply	other threads:[~2010-03-09 12:43 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-03-09 12:43 IWAKI Hidekazu [this message]
2010-03-09 18:21 ` Can free variable refers to a lexical environment? Barry Margolin
2010-03-10  4:47   ` IWAKI Hidekazu

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