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-rwxr-xr-xell.c6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ell.c b/ell.c
index e277d3f..c73ba9e 100755
--- a/ell.c
+++ b/ell.c
@@ -908,8 +908,10 @@ defn (fn_set) {
if ((value = name->next))
return set (ctx, name->value, value);
- // FIXME: how do we represent a nil value here?
- return check (ctx, (*result = new_clone (get (ctx, name->value))));
+ // We return an empty list for a nil value
+ if (!(value = get (ctx, name->value)))
+ return check (ctx, (*result = new_list (NULL)));
+ return check (ctx, (*result = new_clone (value)));
}
defn (fn_list) {