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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 01:02:45 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v941domi.fsf@zoho.eu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 875yw2vxqh.fsf@mbork.pl

Marcin Borkowski wrote:

> Well, of course a string and a symbol can never be `equal',
> but they can be `string='. But what if both arguments
> are strings?

... and if both arguments are symbols?

(string= 'hi 'hi) ; t

(Why ever one would use `string=' for that.)

Yeah, it is a jungle all that ...

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-08-19 23:02 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 ` Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2021-08-20  5:25   ` Is there any difference between `equal' and `string=' for strings? 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
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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