| From: hendrik at topoi.pooq.com (hendrik at topoi.pooq.com) Date: Wed Jan 24 09:17:15 EST 2007 |
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On Tue, Jan 23, 2007 at 07:49:57PM -0800, John Clements wrote: > > Furthermore, you're also exactly right in saying that the > similarities in syntax can be confusing. Don't be suckered, though: > set-car! changes a _value_, not a binding. > > I think you will find many sympathetic ears in suggesting that set! > and set-car! are unfortunately close. Maybe that's why in List 1.5 (anyone remember that one?) they were called setq and rplaca. -- hendrik
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