Thanks Alex! /Lindsay
On Sat, Jan 4, 2025 at 10:54 AM Alexander Burger <picolisp@software-lab.de> wrote: > Hi Lindsay, > > > I've been tinkering with some picolisp code and in > > investigating the use of "run" I am seeing an inconsistency > > between the docs and my environment. > > > > The 'cnt parameter does not seem to reference the nth call environment > (see > > full code at end). > > Oops, sorry! The example in the reference for 'run' is wrong! It used to > be correct for the pre-pil21 versions of PicoLisp, but with pil21 the > semantics of 'run' has changed. > > The 'cnt' parameter does no longer refer to the full environment at that > offset. Instead, the ref now says: > > If an offset cnt is given, the value of @ in the cnt'th call > environment is used > > That means, only the value of '@' is involved. > > > > Am I doing something incorrectly or is the behavior different > > than as documented. > > You did it all correctly, but you indeed found an error (a remnant) in > the reference. > > I will fix the example code. > > Thanks for finding this! > > ☺/ A!ex > > -- > UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe >
