hacked this over lunch

hy/lang/builtins.py

@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ def _fn(obj):
         for i in range(0, len(sig)):
             name = sig[i]
             value = args[i]
-            obj.local_namespace[name] = value
+            meth.local_namespace[name] = value
 
-        return meth(*args, **kwargs)
+        ret = meth(*args, **kwargs)
+        return ret
     return _
 
 

hy/lang/expression.py

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ class HYExpression(list, HYObject):
 
         things = []
         for child in self.get_children():
-            things.append(child())
+            c = child.copy()
+            things.append(c())
+            print c, things
 
         ret = self.lookup(fn)(*things, **kwargs)
         return ret

hy/lang/hyobj.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ class HYObject(object):
         self.local_namespace = nns
 
         for c in self.get_children():
-            c.set_namespace(ns, ls=nns)
+            c.set_namespace(ns, nns)
 
     def get_children(self):
         return []
@@ -19,11 +19,12 @@ class HYObject(object):
         callee = None
         if fn in self.local_namespace:
             callee = self.local_namespace[fn]
+            print "%s = %s (ls %s)" % (fn, callee, id(self.local_namespace))
 
-        if callee is None and fn in self.namespace:
+        elif callee is None and fn in self.namespace:
             callee = self.namespace[fn]
 
-        if callee is None and "." in fn:
+        elif callee is None and "." in fn:
             lon, short = fn.rsplit(".", 1)
             holder = self.lookup(lon)
             callee = getattr(holder, short)
@@ -37,3 +38,8 @@ class HYObject(object):
         for node in self.get_children():
             node.eval(*args, **kwargs)
         return self
+
+    def copy(self):
+        new = type(self)(self)
+        new.set_namespace(self.namespace, self.local_namespace)
+        return new

hy/lang/number.py

@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 from hy.lang.hyobj import HYObject
 
 
-class HYNumber(int, HYObject):
+class HYNumber(HYObject, int):
-    def __init__(self, number):
+    def __new__(cls, number, *args, **kwargs):
         if isinstance(number, HYObject):
             number = number.eval()
         number = int(number)
-        self = number
+        return super(HYNumber, cls).__new__(cls, number)
 
     def eval(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return int(self)