Re: FW: local properties

2004-10-20 Thread Steve Loughran
Let doesn't scare me off too much, as it reminds me of Standard ML. let x=lambda(f) ==>f+3; And Basic, funnily enough: LET X=X=1; I think if we use Let, then we are starting to look like a language with the notion of 'environment' as lisp engines call it. In which case the issue is not so muc

Re: FW: local properties

2004-10-20 Thread Peter Reilly
Jose Alberto Fernandez wrote: From: Jose Alberto Fernandez From: Dominique Devienne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Dealing with would be tricky, but I think we *should* break BC by not allowing the different 'threads' of a to share properties, at least unless explicitly requested. So wh

Re: FW: local properties

2004-10-20 Thread Matt Benson
--- Jose Alberto Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > This is absolutely valid code today. Shall it stay > in an infinite wait? This is where scoping comes in... the exists in the same scope as the , so all spawned threads would diverge from a common point: i.e

FW: local properties

2004-10-20 Thread Jose Alberto Fernandez
> From: Jose Alberto Fernandez > > > From: Dominique Devienne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Dealing with would be tricky, but I think we > > *should* break BC by not allowing the different 'threads' of > > a to share properties, at least unless explicitly > > requested. > > > > So wha