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Re: Should MY:: be a real symbol table?

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From:
Simon Cozens
Date:
September 2, 2001 04:38
Subject:
Re: Should MY:: be a real symbol table?
Message ID:
20010902123407.E3428@netthink.co.uk
On Sun, Sep 02, 2001 at 03:13:09AM -0700, Brent Dax wrote:
> Is there any real reason my() variables are stored in a pad instead of a
> symbol table?

Recursion.

> It also seems like it would allow us to implement 'my sub'.

There's nothing stopping us implementing my sub now, other than wrangling
over the semantics.

Simon
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