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@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ When evaluating a command, the first argument is typically a string with its
name and it is resolved as if `set` was called on it. Lists are left for name and it is resolved as if `set` was called on it. Lists are left for
execution as they are. execution as they are.
The last expression in a block is the return value. The last expression in a block is the block's return value.
Special Forms Special Forms
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@ -172,13 +172,16 @@ Install development packages for GNU Readline to get a REPL for toying around:
$ make repl $ make repl
$ ./repl $ ./repl
The Go port can be built using standard Go tools and behaves the same.
Possible Ways of Complicating Possible Ways of Complicating
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* `local [_a _b _rest] @args` would elegantly solve the problem of varargs, * `local [_a _b _rest] @args` would elegantly solve the problem of varargs,
that is, unpack a list when names are list, and make the last element a list that is, unpack a list when names are list, and make the last element a list
when there are more arguments than names when there are more arguments than names
* reference counting: currently all values are always copied as needed, which * reference counting: in the C version, currently all values are always copied
is good enough for all imaginable use cases, simpler and less error-prone as needed, which is good enough for all imaginable use cases, simpler and
less error-prone
Contributing and Support Contributing and Support
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