* Error on returning a pair
@ 2020-05-08 12:31 reetindersidhu
2020-05-08 14:23 ` Stefan Israelsson Tampe
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From: reetindersidhu @ 2020-05-08 12:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Guile User Mailing List
Hi
Getting a guile error for
(lambda (x) (x . x))
but not for
(lambda (x) (x x))
This may be a dumb question, but why is this?
Same behavior in versions 2.2.6 and 3.0.2.
Regards
Reetinder Sidhu
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* Re: Error on returning a pair
2020-05-08 12:31 Error on returning a pair reetindersidhu
@ 2020-05-08 14:23 ` Stefan Israelsson Tampe
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From: Stefan Israelsson Tampe @ 2020-05-08 14:23 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: reetindersidhu; +Cc: Guile User Mailing List
(x . x) is not creating a pair, use (cons x x) or `(,x . ,x)
On Fri, May 8, 2020 at 4:16 PM reetindersidhu <reetindersidhu@pes.edu>
wrote:
> Hi
>
> Getting a guile error for
>
> (lambda (x) (x . x))
>
> but not for
>
> (lambda (x) (x x))
>
> This may be a dumb question, but why is this?
>
> Same behavior in versions 2.2.6 and 3.0.2.
>
> Regards
> Reetinder Sidhu
>
>
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