[plt-scheme] cannot get mapping over procedures (procedure applications) to work

[Will M Farr]

Sigrid,

On Apr 27, 2009, at 11:16 AM, keydana at gmx.de wrote:

> this seems like a horribly stupid thing to ask, but I have problems  
> to map over procedures (in order to apply them). When I try
>
> (map (lambda (fun) (fun 1 2)) '(* +))
>
> I get
>
> "procedure application: expected procedure, given: *; arguments  
> were: 1 2"

The expression

(map (lambda (fun) (fun 1 2)) '(* +))

maps the procedure (lambda (fun) (fun 1 2)) over a list which contains  
two symbols: '* and '+.  Trying to apply the symbol '* to the  
arguments 1 2 gives the error.  You probably wanted to write

(map (lambda (fun) (fun 1 2)) (list * +))

where the list will contain the values to which '* and '+ are bound in  
the current environment---that is, the list will be a list of two  
procedures which multiply and add, respectively.

Hope this helps!

Will
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