Re: Assign a list as symbols property list

2013-06-02 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Thorsten, When I already have property list like ,-- | ((key1 . value1) (key2 . value2) ... (keyn . valuen)) `-- Note that the list has the cons pair elements reversed: ((value1

Re: Missing o in -lcrypt in scr/Makefile

2013-06-02 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Jon, OK, so for now I moved -lcrypt flag to a Makefile variable LCRYPT, and assigned -lcrypto for Darwin and the BSD family. Though it doesn't give strong encryption at the moment, at least it compiles and is better than nothing ;-) ♪♫ Alex -- UNSUBSCRIBE:

Re: Assign a list as symbols property list

2013-06-02 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de writes: Hi Alex, When I already have property list like ,-- | ((key1 . value1) (key2 . value2) ... (keyn . valuen)) `-- Note that the list has

Syntax for global variable in namespace?

2013-06-02 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Hi List, when I write a library with its own namespace, and want a 'global variable' in that namespace that stores 'vital information' for the library - do I use the '*Var' syntax or is that reserved for variables that are really global in PicoLisp? I could of course just name it 'Var',

Re: Syntax for global variable in namespace?

2013-06-02 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Thorsten, Hi List, when I write a library with its own namespace, and want a 'global variable' in that namespace that stores 'vital information' for the library - do I use the '*Var' syntax or is that reserved for variables that are really global in PicoLisp? I would say that '*Var' is

Re: Syntax for global variable in namespace?

2013-06-02 Thread Thorsten Jolitz
Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de writes: Hi Alex, I would say that '*Var' is all right. Yes. Also, 'Var' is meant to denote symbols which are bound locally/dynamically. BTW Are constants in uppercase (like 'MYCONST') acceptable in PicoLisp? Yes. I haven't seen or used many