On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Greg Harman <ghar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> doseq is a macro, not a function, and its expansion expands the loop right
>> in place :
>
> Right. Why does it work (in the finally block) when wrapped up in a
> function, but not when doseq is called directly?

The complexity comes from a recur that is lexically within the
finally.  By moving the doseq to a separate function, its
expanded loop/recur is no longer syntactically inside the
finally, so the extra complexity is avoided.

--Chouser
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