Re: Variables and the evaluator

2012-01-14 Thread Andy Wingo
Hi, Sorry, forgot to respond to another bit on this subtopic: On Sat 14 Jan 2012 16:28, Andy Wingo writes: > On Sun 08 Jan 2012 21:39, Mark H Weaver writes: > > >> More importantly, is there any guarantee that mutable lexicals will > >> continue to be represented as variable objects in future

Variables and the evaluator (Was: [PATCH] Implement local-eval, local-compile, and the-environment)

2012-01-14 Thread Andy Wingo
Hi Mark, On Sun 08 Jan 2012 21:39, Mark H Weaver writes: > Andy Wingo writes: >>> We could change that, but I'm reluctant to make the evaluator any >>> slower than it already is. >> >> Using variable objects has the possibility to make the evaluator faster, >> actually, if at the same time we m