From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Thien-Thi Nguyen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: why not "stripes" in: (let ((zebra 'stripes) ... ; strings vs symbols? Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:24:26 +0100 Message-ID: <878uv2twd1.fsf@zigzag.favinet> References: <20131229142332.GA7972@boo.workgroup> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1388402472 15795 80.91.229.3 (30 Dec 2013 11:21:12 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2013 11:21:12 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Dec 30 12:21:18 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VxauL-0000DT-8e for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:21:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57901 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VxauK-0002bI-PM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 06:21:16 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:56143) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vxau3-0002ao-QI for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 06:21:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vxatw-00014w-GD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 06:20:59 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp206.alice.it ([82.57.200.102]:2220) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Vxatw-00014q-5s for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 06:20:52 -0500 Original-Received: from zigzag.favinet (79.45.68.1) by smtp206.alice.it (8.6.060.28) id 529A678F064C680D for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:20:50 +0100 Original-Received: from ttn by zigzag.favinet with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VxaxY-0001Fo-6e for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 30 Dec 2013 12:24:36 +0100 In-Reply-To: <20131229142332.GA7972@boo.workgroup> (Gregor Zattler's message of "Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:23:32 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 82.57.200.102 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:95194 Archived-At: --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable () Gregor Zattler () Sun, 29 Dec 2013 15:23:32 +0100 [...] differences between "stripes" and 'stripes are and in which cases which notation is more useful/natural? A string is not atomic. It is most natural to use atoms at the base. =2D-=20 Thien-Thi Nguyen GPG key: 4C807502 (if you're human and you know it) read my lisp: (responsep (questions 'technical) (not (via 'mailing-list))) =3D> nil --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlLBV+4ACgkQZwMiJEyAdQK9EwCg0CzaBjrMFPVvD4gewLePoPHH nfUAoNpQzsJPOVDUeeBQc85k4222GG5l =mxGp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--