[racket] why do I get undefined , when using internal definition?
On Sun, Jul 10, 2011 at 1:49 AM, Eli Barzilay <eli at barzilay.org> wrote:
> `define' is defining a potentially recursive value, so that
>
> (define (loop) (loop))
>
> works as you expect. In simple terms, you can think about an internal
> define as something that expands to a `letrec'. So what you wrote is
> basically the same as
>
> (define (make-color color)
> (letrec ([color color])
> ...))
In what kind of situations would you use internal define over letrec?