Subject: Re: Declare and Progn From: Erik Naggum <erik@naggum.net> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 23:41:55 GMT Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Message-ID: <3212782914434662@naggum.net> * "David McClain" <barabh@qwest.net> | I'm curious about the reason why a (DECLARE ...) clause is not valid after a | PROGN, but it is after any form that produces bindings, like PROG, PROG*, | LET, DEFUN, etc, etc. Because you should use the special operator locally to do this, not progn. /// -- Norway is now run by a priest from the fundamentalist Christian People's Party, the fifth largest party representing one eighth of the electorate. -- The purpose of computing is insight, not numbers. -- Richard Hamming