Re: cond construct for situation when a variable is t

[Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org>]

Heime wrote:

>>> How can I use the 'cond' construct for the case when
>>> a variable is 't' ?
>> 
>> It could look like this but in practice one would probably
>> put it in another way, that looks better.
>> 
>> (setq var nil)
>> 
>> (cond
>> (var 1)
>> ((not var) 0) )
>
> Which one looks better, the one you wrote with 0 and 1 ?

No, that was for demonstration purposes only, that what you
asked for is possible to do with `cond'.

In practice I think most people would find another solution to
express the same thing, but it is as valid so if you like it,
that is up to you.

>> You can, you totally can. Just don't `setq' t to anything :)
>
> Right, because one can set the letter t to something which
> would then screw up the idea that t means a truth condition.

And all code that relies on that idea :)

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