Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] warn if binding to keyword

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

In the context, it's been bound.  If ,%: returns the keyword instead of the value of the local variable, it's a bug.

Thomas

On Tue, Oct 25, 2011 at 12:50 AM, Felix <address@hidden> wrote:

From: "Thomas Bushnell, BSG" <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: [Chicken-hackers] [PATCH] warn if binding to keyword

Date: Mon, 24 Oct 2011 09:16:14 -0700

> Isn't that a bug? It should get the local value *unconditionally *unless you
> wrap it with rename.

I'm afraid I don't understand this sentence. To clarify the problem:
The ",%:" will return the keyword "%:", not the value of the local
variable "%:" (in chicken, keywords are not disjoint from symbols).


cheers,
felix