From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Simple elisp problem with equal
Date: Wed, 27 Apr 2005 21:05:11 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <85vf68avmg.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: mailman.3210.1114627946.2895.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
exits funnel <exitsfunnel@yahoo.com> writes:
> Many thanks to David, Peter, Ismael and Thien-Thi.
> One additional question: I'm still a little confused
> about the difference between 'foo and foo.
'foo is the same as (quote foo), foo is a symbol. In an evaluated
context, (quote foo) evaluates to the unevaluated expression (here a
symbol), and the unevaluated symbol evaluates to its symbol-value.
Lists evaluate to a function call.
--
David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum
next parent reply other threads:[~2005-04-27 19:05 UTC|newest]
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2005-04-27 19:05 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2005-04-27 18:47 Simple elisp problem with equal exits funnel
2005-04-27 18:59 ` Peter Dyballa
[not found] <mailman.3114.1114558674.2895.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2005-04-27 0:54 ` David Hansen
2005-04-27 1:00 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
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2005-04-26 23:35 exits funnel
2005-04-27 8:03 ` Ismael Valladolid Torres
2005-04-27 8:28 ` Peter Dyballa
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