Re: Define in let

[John B. Brodie]

On 08/20/2013 12:39 PM, Dmitry Bogatov wrote:
> It seems following is invalid:
>
>    (let ((a 2))
>         (define (foo x) (+ a x)))
>
> I prefer to reduce scope of variable as much as possible, so
> I find this restriction unconvinent. Is is part of standard or technical
> limitation? Is it any workaround?

use a lambda form rather than a define:

(letrec ((a 2)
             (foo (lambda (x) (+ a x))))
     (foo 3))

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