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common lisp- &environment objects
- To: Guy Steele <gls@THINK.ARPA>
- Subject: common lisp- &environment objects
- From: "Scott E. Fahlman" <Fahlman@CMU-CS-C.ARPA>
- Date: Thu, 06 Jun 1985 02:23:00 -0000
- Cc: common-lisp@SU-AI.ARPA
- Sender: FAHLMAN@CMU-CS-C.ARPA
Actually, that was a slight overstatement. You only get CONNIVER if you
actually allow the user to make use of the environment in certain ways,
such as GO-ing to the tags it contains. There's not much harm in making
the environment object itself non-ephemeral, I suppose, as long as
people don't get the idea that you can do very much with these objects
once you exit the dynamic extent. Still, I would opt for dynamic extent
unless someone comes up with a very clear need to go with something more
difficult.
-- Scott