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by jordan
Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:10 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Avoiding evaluation without quote
Replies: 6
Views: 12390

Re: Avoiding evaluation without quote

Thank you :) I believe my mental hangup was being caused by not understanding how multiple levels of quoting/commas worked (like the ',unquoted-list in your example).
by jordan
Sat Nov 01, 2008 4:50 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Avoiding evaluation without quote
Replies: 6
Views: 12390

Avoiding evaluation without quote

Hello, I was wondering if there is a way to define a function/macro that can accept arbitrary forms as arguments, without having to QUOTE said forms in the calling code. (Basically, I'm looking to replicate the behavior of many built-in functions/macros that let you say things like (foo (x y) ... ) ...
by jordan
Wed Oct 22, 2008 10:00 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Why aren't these equivalent?
Replies: 2
Views: 7399

Re: Why aren't these equivalent?

Ah, I see your point, I was clobbering my initial value before making use of it with the other variable's increment statement.

Thanks!
by jordan
Wed Oct 22, 2008 1:56 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Why aren't these equivalent?
Replies: 2
Views: 7399

Why aren't these equivalent?

Hello, noob question here. I'm coding up some DO loop examples to help me understand it. I eventually got my example working, but I'm curious why a previous version did NOT work. The working one: (defun add-inputs () "Add a series of numbers from input" (do ((input (get-integer-from-input)...