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From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: how to convert a string to a symbol?
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 11:34:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <85ljxt4usw.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87bpyq971g.fsf@hubble.informatimago.com

pjb@informatimago.com (Pascal J. Bourguignon) writes:

> Richard G Riley <rileyrgdev@gmail.com> writes:
>> It seems from the mention of eval quite clear (not being an elisp
>> programmer myself). He wants the result of the expression held in the
>> string str.
>
> We know what he wants.  But we're trying to make him express his needs
> better.

I wasn't aware it is national "make fun of newbies" week again.

Anyway,

(eval (read "(< 1 2)"))  ->  t

-- 
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum


      reply	other threads:[~2008-09-15  9:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2008-09-14  4:59 how to convert a string to a symbol? sunway
2008-09-14  5:54 ` Drew Adams
2008-09-14  6:10   ` Drew Adams
     [not found]   ` <mailman.19202.1221372658.18990.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2008-09-14  7:10     ` sunway
2008-09-14  7:27       ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2008-09-14  8:06       ` Tim X
2008-09-14  8:34         ` sunway
2008-09-14  9:25           ` Joost Diepenmaat
2008-09-14 13:47           ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2008-09-14  7:25     ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2008-09-14 10:19     ` Richard G Riley
2008-09-14 13:43       ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2008-09-15  9:34         ` David Kastrup [this message]

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