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From the slides, it looks like Arc dumps lots of short words in to one giant global namespace where they can easily collide with local names. Is this correct?
by stevedekorte 17y ago
From the slides, it looks like Arc dumps lots of short words in to one giant global namespace where they can easily collide with local names. Is this correct?
For example, it looks like Arc uses the "t" as a global true value. Is it really safe to assume "t" wouldn't be accidentally used as a local variable?
- randallsquared 17y agoWell, T has been the true value in Common Lisp, at least, and I don't remember it ever causing me a problem. Of course, in CL, you can shadow it in your own namespace, and that hasn't been possible in Arc without writing a namespace library first. :)