' and non '

' and non '

[AlF]

Hi,

I came across two notation:

(c-set-offset 'substatement-open 0)

(c-set-offset 'substatement-open '0)


which is correct?

A.

Re: ' and non '

[Barry Margolin]

In article <49E67E11.5060708@ggmail.com>,
 AlF <spamgrinder.trylater@ggmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I came across two notation:
> 
> (c-set-offset 'substatement-open 0)
> 
> (c-set-offset 'substatement-open '0)
> 
> 
> which is correct?
> 
> A.

They're equivalent.  Single-quote in Lisp prevents the following 
expression from being evaluated.  Numbers evaluate to themselves, so the 
quote is redundant.

Stylistically, it's rarely appropriate to quote self-evaluating data 
types.

-- 
Barry Margolin, barmar@alum.mit.edu
Arlington, MA
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Re: ' and non '

[AlF]

Barry Margolin wrote:

> 
> They're equivalent.  Single-quote in Lisp prevents the following 
> expression from being evaluated.  Numbers evaluate to themselves, so the 
> quote is redundant.
> 
> Stylistically, it's rarely appropriate to quote self-evaluating data 
> types.
> 

thx for the explanation ...