Alan Manuel Gloria scripsit: > We could also use one of the later techniques I eventually settled on: > have readers return a one-item list to mean "got a datum, here it is!" > or an empty list to mean "didn't get a datum". It complicates all > actions, admittedly - now you have to unwrap the return value - but > avoids special marker cons cells.
Alternatively (and most Schemely / Common Lisply in my view): If you have a value, return it; if you don't have a value, return zero values. -- John Cowan co...@ccil.org "You need a change: try Canada" "You need a change: try China" --fortune cookies opened by a couple that I know ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Master Visual Studio, SharePoint, SQL, ASP.NET, C# 2012, HTML5, CSS, MVC, Windows 8 Apps, JavaScript and much more. Keep your skills current with LearnDevNow - 3,200 step-by-step video tutorials by Microsoft MVPs and experts. ON SALE this month only -- learn more at: http://p.sf.net/sfu/learnnow-d2d _______________________________________________ Readable-discuss mailing list Readable-discuss@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/readable-discuss