From: Thorsten Jolitz <tjolitz@gmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: intern vs. make-symbol
Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:42:48 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87haljk4mf.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvr4knzldz.fsf-monnier+gmane.emacs.help@gnu.org
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> give the same results - and why isn't this so?
>
> Because the implicit "interning" is done while `read'ing the code
> (i.e. while turning the text into a sexp), not while `eval'ing the code
> (which takes a sexp and runs it).
Thanks Tom and Stefan, I think its this implicit "interning" that I
somehow expected to happen when quoting the result of 'make-symbol.
--
cheers,
Thorsten
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-02-10 19:42 intern vs. make-symbol Thorsten Jolitz
2013-02-11 1:33 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-02-11 1:42 ` Thorsten Jolitz [this message]
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2013-02-10 20:46 ` tom.capey
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