From: Marius Vollmer <m...@zagadka.ping.de>
Subject: Re: Are macros really a neccessity, or a coverup of language      deficiencies?
Date: 2000/04/29
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g...@jpl.nasa.gov (Erann Gat) writes:

> (defun read-smalltalk-like-[ (stream char &optional arg)
>   (declare (ignore char arg))
>   (let* ( (params (read-delimited-list #\| stream nil))
>           (body (read-delimited-list #\] stream nil)) )
>     (eval `(lambda ,params ,@body))))
       ^^^^

Why are you calling EVAL here?  Doesn't it put the closure in the
wrong lexical environment?  I think just returning `(lambda ...) is
the right thing.  Just testing my understanding.

- Marius