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Re: shorter form of frequently-seen lisp idiom?
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Oliver Scholz |
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Re: shorter form of frequently-seen lisp idiom? |
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Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:20:10 +0100 |
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"rgb" <rbielaws@i1.net> writes:
>> Rule of thumb: if your solution uses `eval' it's either buggy or
> clunky.
>
> Interesting, I've never heard this.
> My elisp isn't all that great yet so I looked for instances where
> I use it.
I use `eval' only when not using it would be tantamount to
implementing a metacircular lisp interpreter.
>
> Is there a collection of more such tips someplace?
ISTR that some tips like that (i.e. using `funcall' or `apply' instead
of `eval') are in the (old?) FAQ for comp.lang.lisp. But it's rather
for common lisp.
Oliver
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- Re: shorter form of frequently-seen lisp idiom?, (continued)
Re: shorter form of frequently-seen lisp idiom?, Stefan Monnier, 2005/02/22
Re: shorter form of frequently-seen lisp idiom?,
Oliver Scholz <=
RE: shorter form of frequently-seen lisp idiom?, Drew Adams, 2005/02/22
Message not availableRe: shorter form of frequently-seen lisp idiom?, rgb, 2005/02/23