Re: nice2haveit

2001-07-16 Thread Paul Johnson
On Mon, Jul 16, 2001 at 03:37:41PM -0500, David L. Nicol wrote: > Uri Guttman wrote: > > > one related point is that this symbol table will be accessible via > > caller() so you could access/install lexical symbols in a parent block > > on the call stack. scary! > > > > uri > > We must demand t

Re: nice2haveit

2001-07-16 Thread Dan Sugalski
At 03:37 PM 7/16/2001 -0500, David L. Nicol wrote: >Uri Guttman wrote: > > > one related point is that this symbol table will be accessible via > > caller() so you could access/install lexical symbols in a parent block > > on the call stack. scary! > >We must demand that the feature come with a wa

Re: nice2haveit

2001-07-16 Thread John Porter
Uri Guttman wrote: > one related point is that this symbol table will be accessible via > caller() so you could access/install lexical symbols in a parent block > on the call stack. scary! Quite. Does anyone have a pointer to tchrist's rant on Tcl's upvar? -- John Porter