Thanks so much for the clarifications on namespaces and shared library 'ext' on pil32.
Is it customary to end with a thank you on this mailing list? If not, then I will omit it in future to avoid cluttering the mail. SJain On 17 May 2021 3:19:37 PM IST, Alexander Burger <a...@software-lab.de> wrote: >On Mon, May 17, 2021 at 11:38:05AM +0200, Alexander Burger wrote: >> > Yesterday SJain asked about namespaces in 32bit picoLisp >> > and I assumed he is using the 32bit version. >> >> Oh, I see! I also did not receive *that* mail! I see it in >mail-archive.com >> though. >> >> It is frustrating that E-Mail is so unreliable. > >So I picked this from the archive: > > SJain Sun, 16 May 2021 02:38:19 -0700 > >Are there any namespaces in 32 bit picolisp? How are local variables >defined? > As transient symbols? > >Yes, transient symbols were used to create scope-local symbols. Similar >to >(private) in pil21, though the letter is a bit more flexible and more >readable. > >I would not call them "local variables". Those are bound with 'let' or >'use', >independent of their scope. Namespaces are about the scope of symbols. > >☺/ A!ex > >-- >UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
