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From: Sam Steingold <sds@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Subject: Re: Calling a function with undefined symbol
Date: Wed, 02 Nov 2022 10:25:24 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <lzzgd9l9gr.fsf@3c22fb11fdab.ant.amazon.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87wn8dzh6o.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Wed, 02 Nov 2022 13:14:55 +0100")

> * Michael Heerdegen <zvpunry_urreqrtra@jro.qr> [2022-11-02 13:14:55 +0100]:
>
> Say the variable `x` is bound to
>
>   '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''...

i.e.,

(defconst x #1=(quote #1#))

right?
NB: (setq print-circle t) before attempting the above!

> 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)
>   (equal 'x x)

nil: you are comparing a symbol 'x' with a circular list
(quote (quote ...))

what you probably meant was

(eq x (eval x))
(equal x (eval x))

which both evaluate to t because eval just scrolls the circular list
once - to its original starting point

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  reply	other threads:[~2022-11-02 14:25 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
2022-11-02 14:25       ` Sam Steingold [this message]
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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