Arc Forum | The problem is that if you define it this way, then your v is no longer lexical;...

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2 points by absz 6049 days ago | link | parent

The problem is that if you define it this way, then your v is no longer lexical; instead, it's in the global namespace. Thus, writing (for ref 0 n (frob ref)) would overwrite the global ref procedure, which is not what you want.

1 point by skenney26 6049 days ago | link

Ah, it finally makes sense. Thanks again.

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