I'm not currently at a repl, so I can't check this, but IIRC, 1*, 2*, and 3* bind to the last three return values. Eric
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 9:22 PM, Howard Lewis Ship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On option I would like for the Repl is an option such that each > evaluated expression that does not define a new symbol itself, would > (nethertheless) bind a symbol. Many other Repl's for other languages > (such as, I believe, Scala) do this: the Repl identifies the bound > symbol and the value, not just the value. > > This should be an option, perhaps another * symbol, like *e. > > For me, it saves the effort of remembering to (def foo (...)) for > temporary values I'm using to test my functions. Instead, I'd just be > able to type the expression (...) and see what symbol Repl provided. > > Obviously, this will impact the ability for data to be GC'ed, so you > wouldn't want this in production. > > Thoughts? > > -- > Howard M. Lewis Ship > > Creator Apache Tapestry and Apache HiveMind > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
