From: Thomas Guettler
Subject: Variable Names with Asteriks
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:13:13 +0000
Message-ID: <3D2C40F9.7050100@thomas-guettler.de>

Hi!

What is the meaning of asteriks around a variable name?

thomas

• Re: Variable Names with Asteriks John Gilson
• Re: Variable Names with Asteriks Joe Marshall

From: John Gilson
Subject: Re: Variable Names with Asteriks
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:13:40 +0000
Message-ID: <oiXW8.58989$Wi.16903563@twister.nyc.rr.com>

By convention, special variables in CL and top-level identifiers in Scheme
are defined this way.  A widely used convention, but just a convention.

jag

"Thomas Guettler" <···········@thomas-guettler.de> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> What is the meaning of asteriks around a variable name?
>
> thomas
>

From: Joe Marshall
Subject: Re: Variable Names with Asteriks
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 14:18:16 +0000
Message-ID: <ImXW8.304440$R61.261682@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net>

"Thomas Guettler" <···········@thomas-guettler.de> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> What is the meaning of asteriks around a variable name?
>

The conventional meaning is that the variable is globally special
(i.e., is dynamically scoped).