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From: "John B. Brodie" <john.b.brodie@gmail.com>
To: Dmitry Bogatov <KAction@gnu.org>
Cc: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Define in let
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 13:18:50 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5213A4FA.1030309@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k3jgb9kr.fsf@gnu.org>

On 08/20/2013 12:39 PM, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> It seems following is invalid:
>
>    (let ((a 2))
>         (define (foo x) (+ a x)))
>
> I prefer to reduce scope of variable as much as possible, so
> I find this restriction unconvinent. Is is part of standard or technical
> limitation? Is it any workaround?

use a lambda form rather than a define:

(letrec ((a 2)
             (foo (lambda (x) (+ a x))))
     (foo 3))

>
> Please, keep in CC, I am not subscribed.
>
> --
> Best regards, Dmitry Bogatov <KAction@gnu.org>,
> Free Software supporter and netiquette guardian.
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  parent reply	other threads:[~2013-08-20 17:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-08-20 16:39 Define in let Dmitry Bogatov
2013-08-20 16:57 ` Thompson, David
2013-08-20 17:02 ` Taylan Ulrich B.
2013-08-20 17:18 ` John B. Brodie [this message]
2013-08-20 17:19 ` Ian Price
2013-08-20 17:52 ` Mike Gran
2013-08-20 21:01 ` David Pirotte
2013-08-21  6:52   ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2013-08-21  6:55     ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2013-08-21  9:28     ` Ralf Mattes
2013-08-21 10:17       ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2013-08-21 10:32         ` Ralf Mattes
2013-08-21 11:01           ` Panicz Maciej Godek
2013-08-21 15:42   ` Dmitry Bogatov

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