Hi Alex,
I have a web application which displays a page by loading an allowed
*.l file. In that *.l file, I use 'match' with @Z pattern var and
then process and display the result. The var @Z is set by 'match' to
whatever was matched and displaying the data for the first time works
fine. Howeve
Hi Tomas,
> time fails with "bad suffix" error as the var @Z in '_htSet' was
> rebound by my call to 'match'. It looks like there is some unwanted
Using transient symbols would be always an option, but I think it should
not be necessary here.
Actually, we have two bugs:
- Your "*.l" file shou
Hi Alex,
> - '_htSet' is not correct. Though it protects the pattern variables
> ('@N', '@V' and '@Z') with 'use', it does not initialize '@Z'. So if
> the 'match' in '_htSet' succeeds, '@Z' will be bound to a new value
> and everything is OK. But if the 'match' fails, '@Z' is not bound and
Hi Tomas,
> Why is 'use' + 'off' prefered to 'let'?
This is mostly a matter of taste. I think I use 'let' much more often
than 'use'; it is shorter and more readable.
(use (@N @V @Z)
(off @N @Z)
and
(use @V
(let (@N NIL @Z NIL)
are equivalent, and of equal size (9 cells eac
Oops!
On Mon, Feb 16, 2009 at 07:40:01PM +0100, Alexander Burger wrote:
> So it is probably best if I change '_htSet' to
>
>(let (@V NIL @Z NIL @N)
>
> even at the cost of (unnecessarily) initializing '@N' to 'NIL'. This
Should have been:
> (let (@N NIL @Z NIL @V)
>
> even at the co
