Re: Questions about anonymous functions and classes/functions declarations

Derk Gwen wrote:


> (An important gotcha is do you permit nonlocal stack variables to be
> referenced within the function? If so, you'll need some way to
> reconstruct the environment when called; if the function value
> cannot be exported outside the original scope, you can use displays
> or stack links that were developed for Algol 60 and Pascal. If the
> function can be exported outside the original scope, you'll need
> some form of continuations.)


Note that allowing such references is a huge leap ahead in the
usefulness of anonymous functions.


Regards,
Jo

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