From: Ian Price <ianprice90@googlemail.com>
To: Dmitry Bogatov <KAction@gnu.org>
Cc: guile-user@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Define in let
Date: Tue, 20 Aug 2013 18:19:08 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87eh9o2sc3.fsf@Kagami.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k3jgb9kr.fsf@gnu.org> (Dmitry Bogatov's message of "Tue, 20 Aug 2013 20:39:32 +0400")
Dmitry Bogatov <KAction@gnu.org> writes:
> 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?
It's not a limitation, but a misunderstanding. Define creates a binding
in the _current_ scope, not the top level one.
--
Ian Price -- shift-reset.com
"Programming is like pinball. The reward for doing it well is
the opportunity to do it again" - from "The Wizardy Compiled"
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-08-20 17:19 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
2013-08-20 17:19 ` Ian Price [this message]
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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