Python syntax in Lisp and Scheme

[Alexey Dejneka]

David Eppstein <eppstein at ics.uci.edu> writes:

> In article <tyfekxe32bi.fsf at pcepsft001.cern.ch>,
>  Jacek Generowicz <jacek.generowicz at cern.ch> wrote:
> 
> > > To clarify, by "unlike lisp" I meant only that defun doesn't nest
> > 
> > ... and now you'll have to clarify what you mean by "defun doesn't
> > nest" ...
> 
> The context of this was in accessing closures from function defs.
> Maybe you can call defun from within another function, but it won't give 
> you a closure.

Really?

* (defun outer (x)
    (defun inner ()
      x))
OUTER
* (outer 3)
INNER
* (inner)
3
* (outer 11)
STYLE-WARNING: redefining INNER in DEFUN

INNER
* (inner)
11


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Regards,
Alexey Dejneka

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