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Diffstat (limited to 'txr.1')
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -28679,9 +28679,10 @@ applies inside a form. Of course, lexical operator macros do not shadow symbol macros under any circumstances. -.coNP Operator @ placelet +.coNP Macros @ placelet and @ placelet* .synb .mets (placelet >> ({( sym << place )}*) << body-form *) +.mets (placelet* >> ({( sym << place )}*) << body-form *) .syne .desc The @@ -28710,10 +28711,26 @@ scope of the This means that whenever .meta sym is evaluated, it stands for the value of the storage -location, and whenever a value is apprently stored into +location, and whenever a value is apparently stored into .metn sym , it is actually the storage location which receives it. +The +.code placelet* +variant implements an alternative scoping rule, which allows a later +.meta place +form to refer to a +.meta sym +bound to an earlier +.meta place +form. In other words, a given +.meta sym +binding is visible not only to the +.metn body-form -s +but also to +.meta place +forms which occur later. + Note: certain kinds of places, notably .cblk .meti (force << promise ) @@ -28735,7 +28752,7 @@ performs the syntactic substitution of symbol .code x by form .codn y , -whereever +wherever .code x appears inside .code z |