On Fri, Dec 3, 2010 at 12:30 AM, David Owen <dso...@fugue88.ws> wrote: > On the other hand, I agree with Peter that it can be somewhat ugly. > Maybe some alternatives, based on (values)? > > (defun f () > (for-effect > (setq *foo* 'bar))) >
Actually your example hints to a case where I *do* want a for-effect function to return a value, because setq does - which is also a strictly for-effect function. Similar, I like methods to return the object they were called on in a Smalltalk-style, if there is nothing better to return. Only when there is absolutely nothing useful to return, I would consider something like (values) Peter _______________________________________________ pro mailing list pro@common-lisp.net http://common-lisp.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pro