Re: Two questions about prog2

On Mar 31, 11:35 am, Spiros Bousbouras <spi...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
1) The HS page on prog2 says:

    prog2 evaluates first-form, then
    second-form, and then forms,
    yielding as its only value the primary
    value yielded by first-form.

Is the last word meant to be "second-form"
instead of "first-form" ?

Yes, I take it you didn't search this newsgroup
before posting.

2) Is (prog2 form1 form*) the same as
(progn form1 (prog1 form*)) ?

The code generated by the compiler
may not be the same, but the effect
should be.

---
Geoff
.

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