[parenscript-devel] random, mapcar, and loop

[Vladimir Sedach]

> I'm not sure why you removed the floor initially or how it relates to
> arrays (that change has been reverted afterwards).

The only number type in JS is supposed to be double-float, so I
assumed array reference would handle rounding, but it doesn't.

> I was motivated by the original ps output not handling float
> arguments too well. I'm quite happy to use your suggestion
> of (* some-float (random)) for such situations, so perhaps
> there was no need for the patch I sent. On the other hand,
> that patch is a textbook example of a use case for
> define-ps-compiler-macro, if we ever get them   :)

Even then the big runtime case would remain.

> Yong.
> PS: Is (funcall (@ ...) ...) to be preferred over ((@ ...) ...) now?
> There are still quite a few places with this in the current
> source.

Yes and yes. I've decided against deprecating the Scheme-style funcall though.

Vladimir

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