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'or' and multiple values
From: |
Neil Jerram |
Subject: |
'or' and multiple values |
Date: |
Wed, 26 Mar 2014 01:36:06 +0000 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) |
Hi there!
In the following, is the last result a bug?
GNU Guile 2.0.9-deb+1-1
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Guile comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; for details type `,show w'.
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scheme@(guile-user)> (values 'a 'b)
$1 = a
$2 = b
scheme@(guile-user)> (or (values 'a 'b))
$3 = a
$4 = b
scheme@(guile-user)> (or #f (values 'a 'b))
$5 = a
$6 = b
scheme@(guile-user)> (or (values 'a 'b) (values 'c 'd))
$7 = a
In other words it seems 'or' doesn't propagate multiple values in a
non-tail position. Is that expected?
The manual section 'Returning and Accepting Multiple Values' does
mention tail position, but only in passing, and it isn't obvious to me
why that restriction should exist.
Thanks,
Neil
- 'or' and multiple values,
Neil Jerram <=