Pascal int()

[Michael Hudson]

jstok at bluedog.apana.org.au (Jason Stokes) writes:

> 
> I'm no Lisp expert, but I believe that "set" could be used for this.  Eg:
> 
> (defun increment (symbol)
>     (set symbol 
>        (add1 (eval (symbol)))
>     ) 
> )
> 
> (let ((a 1))
>    (increment 'a)
>    a)

You'd need a dynamically scoped lisp for that to have a chance
(ie. not Common Lisp or scheme).

Cheers,
M.

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