Re: Is there any difference between `equal' and `string=' for strings?

[Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>]

>   (defun do-something (method)
>     (when (string= method "now")
>       (message "I'm all over it") ))

What about

(defun get-string (s)
  (if (stringp s)
      s
    (let ((val (symbol-value s)))
      (or (and (stringp val) val)
          (symbol-name s) ))))

(defun string== (s1 s2)
  (string= (get-string s1)
           (get-string s2) ))

(defvar one)
(setq one nil)
(string== "one" "one") ; t
(string== 'one  "one") ; t

(defvar two)
(setq two "one")
(string== 'two  "one") ; t
(string== two   "one") ; t, confusing

(setq one "two")
(string== one "one") ; nil
; argh ...

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