From: tomas@tuxteam.de
To: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Why does assq fail when getting quoted value from a property list?
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2018 15:27:03 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180806132703.GB6225@tuxteam.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAM-tV-_1wckBSv-_-qUSzCwdU8SO0N7ySfBSLZH+GBDRp8TLQw@mail.gmail.com>
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On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 07:53:51AM -0400, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> On 6 August 2018 at 03:29, <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
>
> >> (let ((lookup (plist-get '(:severity (quote urgent)) :severity)))
> >> (assq lookup '((urgent . 2))))
> >
> > Because the value of (plist-get '(:severity (quote urgent) :severity)
> > is the symbol 'urgent
>
> You mean the list of two symbols `quote' and `urgent'.
Hmpf. You're right. "Evaluation" of quote happens later...
Cheers
- -- t
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-08-06 3:55 Why does assq fail when getting quoted value from a property list? Cody Goodman
2018-08-06 7:29 ` tomas
2018-08-06 11:53 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-08-06 13:27 ` tomas [this message]
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