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by deathbyinteger
Mon Dec 21, 2009 6:45 am
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Using throw to return a value?
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Re: Using throw to return a value?

Thank you!
by deathbyinteger
Sun Dec 20, 2009 6:31 pm
Forum: Common Lisp
Topic: Using throw to return a value?
Replies: 2
Views: 4125

Using throw to return a value?

Hi. I suppose I should say I'm new to lisp first. I found the following code in Maxima (src/commac.lisp) and was wondering why it was written this way... (defun appears (tree var) (cond ((equal tree var) (throw 'appears t)) ((atom tree) nil) (t (appears (car tree) var) (appears (cdr tree) var))) nil...