Re: [Chicken-users] Re: Style Guide

[Benedikt Rosenau]

On Tue, Nov 06, 2007 at 08:47:25PM -0800, Elf wrote:

> really, it doesnt matter.  theres plenty of code with both, its entirely a 
> personal preference issue.

Well, not exactly the question asked, but something I learned from
reading Chicken's sources:

$  csi -no-init
..
#;1> (define square 
       (let ((* *))
         (lambda (x) (* x x))))
#;2> (square 4)
16
#;3> (define (* . args) (apply + args))
#;4> (* 4 4)
8
#;5>  (square 4)
16
#;6> (use numbers) ; introduces a new binding for *
..
#;7> (square 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111)
Error: (*) bad argument type: 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111
..
#;7> (* 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111
        1111111111111111111111111111111111111111)
1234567901234567901234567901234567901234320987654320987654320987654320987654321



(define bla (let ((blubb blubb)) (lambda (fasel) ...))) gives access
to another namescope.
   Benedikt