From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
To: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: Calling a function with undefined symbol
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 13:14:55 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87wn8dzh6o.fsf@web.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvo7ts18ui.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier via Users list for the's message of "Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:29:01 -0400")
Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:
> Nitpick:
>
> 'go
>
> is an *expression*, not a symbol.
> That expression returns a symbol, the symbol:
>
> go
Here is a nice exercise about that:
Say the variable `x` is bound to
'''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''...
i.e. a value that is a quoted thing where the thing is the same value
again (such a value exists in Elisp!) - what would evaluating
(eq 'x x)
and
(equal 'x x)
yield, and why?
Michael.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-11-02 12:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-31 8:15 Calling a function with undefined symbol Heime
2022-10-31 8:32 ` Jean Abou Samra
2022-10-31 8:42 ` tomas
2022-10-31 8:57 ` Heime
2022-10-31 9:07 ` tomas
2022-10-31 9:24 ` Jean Abou Samra
2022-10-31 9:43 ` Heime
2022-10-31 9:58 ` Jean Abou Samra
2022-10-31 10:57 ` Heime
2022-10-31 17:00 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-10-31 17:10 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-01 4:11 ` Drew Adams
2022-11-01 5:24 ` tomas
2022-11-01 15:58 ` Drew Adams
2022-11-01 16:13 ` tomas
2022-11-01 19:22 ` Drew Adams
2022-10-31 12:29 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2022-10-31 15:37 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-02 12:14 ` Michael Heerdegen [this message]
2022-11-02 14:25 ` Sam Steingold
2022-11-02 16:40 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-02 17:28 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-02 23:04 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-03 11:09 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-03 12:15 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-04 12:16 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-05 14:32 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-05 23:22 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-06 20:17 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-07 16:03 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-07 16:50 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-11-07 16:52 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-08 15:52 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-08 19:15 ` tomas
2022-11-08 19:57 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-08 20:47 ` tomas
2022-11-08 21:35 ` Sam Steingold
2022-11-08 23:53 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-09 15:32 ` Sam Steingold
2022-11-09 15:59 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-16 19:07 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-16 21:40 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-11-16 21:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-04 14:33 ` Michael Heerdegen
2022-11-05 12:57 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-10-31 11:34 ` Emanuel Berg
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