Example Lambda lambda 001

 

 

Description

These examples demonstrate some simple properties of the lambda special form. Here the lambda returns a simple Lambda.

 

Details

The first form shows the defun Macro at work.

(lambda(X) (+ X X)) Returns: #<Lambda 123456 >

The first form shown above is equivalent to this second form below using the define function. 

                   (define  times 

                   (lambda(X)  

                    vars:((Z  5))

                    pvars:((Y  10))

                    (*  X  Y  Z)))
Returns: #<Lambda 234567>

Notes and Hints

An orphan Lambda is a member of its parent's pvars structure. Therefore the parent knows about the orphan. However, the orphan Lambda has a different pvars structure than its parent Lambda, and a different cvars structure than its parent Lambda. Therefore an orphan Lambda knows nothing of its parent Lambda.

 

Related Examples

Here are examples of the lambda function at work.

Lambda lambda 001

 

Function Links

Here is the link to the current function used in this example.

lambda

Here are a number of links to other related functions.

setq(#void) defun(#void) eval(#void) argCount(#void)
argFetch(#void)

 

Argument Types

Here are the links to the data types of the arguments used in this example.

Lambda

Here are a number of links to examples having similar argument types.

Context debug 001 Context debugBrowsableProcs 001 Context disassemble 001 Context globalBinding 001
Context inspect 001 Lambda argCount 001 Lambda argFetch 001 Lambda balance 001
Lambda callcc 001 Lambda compare 008 Lambda compareEQ 008 Lambda compareGE 008
Lambda compareGT 008 Lambda compareLT 008 Lambda compareNE 004 Lambda compile 001
Lambda copy 008 Lambda debug 001 Lambda debugBrowsableProcs 001 Lambda defchild 001
Lambda define 001 Lambda define(macro) 001 Lambda defmacro 001 Lambda defmacro 002
Lambda deforphan 001 Lambda defriend 001 Lambda defun 001 Lambda defun 002
Lambda disassemble 001 Lambda eval 001 Lambda exportTab 001 Lambda globalBinding 001
Lambda importTab 001 Lambda inspect 001 Lambda isLambda 001 Lambda lambda 001
Lambda makeLambda 001 Lambda myself 001 Lambda new 001 Lambda new 002
Lambda new 003 Lambda onError 001 Lambda send 008 Lambda send 009
Lambda setq 015 Lambda type 011 ObjectRepository detachLibrarian 001 ObjectRepository refLibrarian 001

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