system messages (Re: Suggested Example/ emacs questions)

[Ulf Wiger]

OK, I don't know why I included put() -- I don't want that either.
get() has no side-effects, though. That's the one I want.

/Uffe

On 10 Oct 2000, Torbjorn Tornkvist wrote:

>
>> Since get() and put() are O(1) nowadays, why can't I use them in
>> guards?
>
>But wouldn't that give us strange side-effects ?
>What happends if a put, is executed (left-to-right) 
>but later (furter-to-the-right) the clause match fails ?
>Also, a clause may now match, not only based on its input
>arguments but alos on what get() may return, which I
>think is highly undesirable.
>
>Cheers /Tobbe
>

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