Error in Error

Tony:

Using unique globals and insulating the error handlers from name
collisions as in the example I posted earlier avoids that problem. It's not
perfect, but avoiding name collisions is at least something I can control in
the code I write.

 

Using unique globals and insulating the error handlers from name

Owen - Precisely my point. The extents on must go to, in
order to compensate for basic architectural flaws in the
language is IMO, unacceptable for serious development.

Auto/Visual LISP was never intended to serve as an
industrial strength systems development environment.
It was about high-level end-user scripting and automation,
where the robustness of the code was secondary to just
getting it to work at all

 

I am glad you posted that example for the benefit of all. As I said, my
initial reply to you was is haste, and not well considered. In fact, it was
reflecting upon just such a scenario that you suggested that prompted my 2nd
post.