Question:
Could this, perhaps, be solved by making the variable and function namespaces the same?
(I'm probably misusing terminology here, but what I mean is that you can't have a function and a variable named the same yet still stand for different things when used in code)
actually, arc does use the same namespace, that is most of the cause of this problem. if they were in different namespaces, there would be no problem with variables shadowing built-in functions. you still have to worry about variable capture, but it's a much less significant problem.
note: i'm not saying i don't like the same namespace thing. it actually shortens a great deal of code, and eliminates CL's stupid ass #' garbage.
