Simplified Common Lisp reference

Symbol class: Functions, Evaluation, Flow Control, Definitions and Syntax

Syntax:

Symbol type: special form

fletbindingsbody^{(zero or more)} => an object

Argument description:

bindings	list containing function definitions
body	program code in which definitions above are effective, implicit progn

FLET is special form for local function binding. Bindings are not recursive and cannot refer to each other. Each binding contains function name, arguments, and function body. See LABELS, DEFUN, LAMBDA.

(flet ((sin2x (x) (sin (* 2 x)))
       (cos2x (x) (cos (* 2 x))))
 (+ (sin2x 0.2) (cos2x 0.2)))
=> 1.3104793

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