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Re: list versus apply
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Kevin Ryde |
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Re: list versus apply |
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Mon, 06 Jun 2005 06:37:20 +1000 |
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Marius Vollmer <address@hidden> writes:
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> (define (list . args) args)
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> is an acceptable definition of list. Is it not?
Yep, because args is of course a fresh list when calling a lambda, but
it looks like primitives (C code) aren't called with a copied list
like that.
(I guess having primitives like that makes some sense, only a few are
interested in modifying or re-using their input "rest" list.)