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antiismist on March 11, 2009 | parent | context | favorite | on: Lisp after Python after Lisp

Instead of declaring a local function, you can use let (http://docs.plt-scheme.org/reference/let.html)

e.g.:

  > (let fac ([n 10])
      (if (zero? n)
          1
          (* n (fac (sub1 n)))))

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danprager on March 12, 2009 [–]

Yes, "named let" is lovely, but perhaps less obvious for the non-cognoscenti. It also doesn't translate into Python, etc.

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