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From: gateley@m2.csc.ti.com (John Gateley)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp
Subject: Re: Simple question RE nested DEFUNs
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Date: 1 Aug 89 03:39:30 GMT
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In article <979@accuvax.nwu.edu> Krulwich@eecs.nwu.edu (Bruce Krulwich) writes:
>...  Additionally, the semantics of
>DEFUN are clear: it always defines a global function.

Not true: defun is a top level form; its semantics are defined only
in the case where it appears at top level (see CLtL chap 5). In the
case mentioned in the original article, the defun does not appear
at top level.

John
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