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From: Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is there any difference between `equal' and `string=' for strings?
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2021 08:41:28 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lf4wd3dz.fsf@zoho.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 87tujkd46u.fsf@zoho.eu

>> (string= 'hi 'hi) -> t
>
> With symbols their "print names" are used, you can get that
> with
>
>   (symbol-name 'hi) ; "hi"

The reason for this, I think, is for example so one can do
a `defun' like this

  (defun do-something (method)
    (when (string= method "now")
      (message "I'm all over it") ))

Then one can do either

  (do-something "now")

or

  (do-something 'now)

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  reply	other threads:[~2021-08-20  6:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-08-19  4:56 Is there any difference between `equal' and `string=' for strings? Marcin Borkowski
2021-08-19  6:21 ` Jean Louis
2021-08-19 23:14   ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-20  5:35     ` Jean Louis
2021-08-20  6:32       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-21  9:05         ` Jean Louis
2021-08-21 19:14           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-19 15:35 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-08-21  3:43   ` this is United States calling (was: Re: [External] : Is there any difference between `equal' and `string=' for strings?) Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-21  3:49     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-21  4:20       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-21  5:39     ` FW: " Drew Adams
2021-08-21 19:41       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-21  6:50     ` tomas
2021-08-21 19:41       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-19 23:02 ` Is there any difference between `equal' and `string=' for strings? Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-20  5:25   ` Jean Louis
2021-08-20  6:24     ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-20  6:41       ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2021-08-20 23:12         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-20 23:42           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-21  0:08             ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-21  0:30               ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-21  9:08         ` Jean Louis
2021-08-21 19:17           ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-21  9:04       ` Jean Louis
2021-08-21 19:09         ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2021-08-24 14:55     ` Marcin Borkowski

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