[gambit-list] Bug

Bradley Lucier lucier at math.purdue.edu
Tue May 15 14:00:39 EDT 2007


On May 11, 2007, at 6:59 AM, Marc Feeley wrote:

> There is a simple rule you can follow to avoid this kind of  
> problem.  Never redefine or mutate a variable whose name starts  
> with "##" because this is the Gambit internals namespace.  I guess  
> the compiler could give a warning for this case.

That would be very nice.  I first reported this problem on February  
28, 2006:

https://webmail.iro.umontreal.ca/pipermail/gambit-list/2006-February/ 
000630.html

That's a long time to be working around a non-bug.

Brad




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