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Help on elusive CLHS symbol

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garethw

#1 Mon Mar 17, 2014 2:46 am

A few weeks back, I stumbled on an interesting entry in the CLHS dictionary. Seems I didn't bookmark it, and I can't for the life of me remember what it was called.

I *think* that what it did was created a set of lexical bindings from a list of symbols. I believe that the description said it could be useful for writing compilers for other languages in CL.

Anyone know what I might have been looking at?

TIA,
gareth

~garethw

Goheeca

#2 Mon Mar 17, 2014 8:04 am

Re: Help on elusive CLHS symbol

It might be progv.

cl-2dsyntax is my attempt to create a Python-like reader. My mirror of CLHS (and the dark themed version). Temporary mirrors of aferomentioned: CLHS and a dark version.

edgar-rft

#3 Mon Mar 17, 2014 11:01 pm

Re: Help on elusive CLHS symbol

Maybe one of these...

Lexical variable bindings using a list of symbols:

Dynamic variable bindings using a list of symbols:

PROGV

Error handler and restart bindings using a list of symbols:

Local functions and macros:

FLET, LABELS, MACROLET

Very special compiler stuff:

- edgar

garethw

#4 Tue Mar 18, 2014 3:12 am

Re: Help on elusive CLHS symbol

It was indeed PROGV.

Thank you, both.

~garethw