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From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net>
Subject: Re: parameters with &aux
Date: 2000/12/07
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* "Montse" <montse@issnet.net>
| I don´t know how work parameters in lisp with &aux before their
| example  (defun view (p1 p2 &aux r1 r2) ..
| and I don´t know they work.
| 
| I need know this for understand a problem,
| 
| Can help me somebody and explain how they work??

  They are just like let-bindings in the function body.

(defun view (p1 p2 &aux r1 r2)
  ...)

  is functionally identical to

(defun view (p1 p2)
  (let (r1 r2)
    ..))

#:Erik
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