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Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?
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Rusi |
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Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean? |
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Thu, 9 Jul 2015 07:10:00 -0700 (PDT) |
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On Thursday, July 9, 2015 at 7:31:44 PM UTC+5:30, Barry Margolin wrote:
> In article
> Emanuel Berg wrote:
>
> > Actually I see no harm using let* all the time.
>
> This is a frequent subject of style arguments.
>
> As far as the computer is concerned, there should be no problem with
> using let* all the time. But to human readers, it makes a difference.
> Some of us view the * as being a red flag, warning the reader that
> something unusual is being done. We'll then expend more mental energy
> looking for the dependencies. let is the "normal" method, let* is
> "special".
Ive sometimes wished for a let-variant that does the duty of both let and let*
eg.
(let (((x 1) (y 2))
((z (foo x y))))
body...)
This kind of let would cost one paren more than the usual let.
But could make dependencies explicit without overspecifying
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, (continued)
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Filipp Gunbin, 2015/07/13
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- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Pascal J. Bourguignon, 2015/07/09
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- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Rusi, 2015/07/09
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Emanuel Berg, 2015/07/10
- RE: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Drew Adams, 2015/07/09
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Emanuel Berg, 2015/07/11
- RE: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Drew Adams, 2015/07/12
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Emanuel Berg, 2015/07/12
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Yuri Khan, 2015/07/13
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Emanuel Berg, 2015/07/13
- Re: What does "lacks a prefix" mean?, Yuri Khan, 2015/07/14