From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andy Wingo Newsgroups: gmane.lisp.guile.devel Subject: Re: Bug in documentation for eq? ? Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:43:44 +0200 Message-ID: <87wr3211sv.fsf@pobox.com> References: <87vcimb70s.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87oboe2qti.fsf@pobox.com> <87r4tab4m6.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> <87k3z22kdf.fsf@pobox.com> <87ipemawip.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340203462 27252 80.91.229.3 (20 Jun 2012 14:44:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:44:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: guile-devel@gnu.org To: David Kastrup Original-X-From: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jun 20 16:44:21 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: guile-devel@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 1ShM8m-0000Fx-FO for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:44:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:46913 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ShM8m-0005qp-H4 for guile-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:44:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:46706) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ShM8e-0005og-Lr for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:44:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ShM8V-0004Fc-CG for guile-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:44:08 -0400 Original-Received: from a-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com ([74.115.168.62]:56063 helo=sasl.smtp.pobox.com) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ShM8N-000455-5Q; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:43:51 -0400 Original-Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7BF5CC9A; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:43:47 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; s=sasl; bh=2IUSVHtW1zWEywI7Vc5WrmGBRCk=; b=n9efpi nKR4nu+QHidzw1Z+kVE7ntqlcUeT994/zjOxUml2RmHaPe4Jw+5ZvYDB9gxa06TO qE1ghE/Jh2/8E43dVU2nZFVEyA8d+Vj0BniLOsxMZ3rmCbOUbA/Fyy3tWLOiRiCG xludTMQ+NDpZoVlnayLTHl52gc3Rmi4wm8r3E= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=pobox.com; h=from:to:cc :subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id:mime-version :content-type; q=dns; s=sasl; b=mkZ+ovAsF+UfB3MK+IIPzFFNY6ttS1qf VblcaeGrfx+AUvafNA+XxhnLU2GyPLGt5zKdcPDP5WCHhcwivhuqYjC/5Xu+JES4 rBV1W2jbOuj49YJGF2b8o/olZi+ifIOaXDvNx5tGroef5PgyfxQJ9IUzf4bPNZlp 27rM3QzrG40= Original-Received: from b-pb-sasl-sd. (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by b-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF51ACC99; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:43:47 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from badger (unknown [85.60.193.6]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by b-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 033C3CC97; Wed, 20 Jun 2012 10:43:46 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87ipemawip.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (David Kastrup's message of "Wed, 20 Jun 2012 16:27:42 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) X-Pobox-Relay-ID: 5786B466-BAE6-11E1-895E-FA6787E41631-02397024!b-pb-sasl-sd.pobox.com X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-Received-From: 74.115.168.62 X-BeenThere: guile-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Developers list for Guile, the GNU extensibility library" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: guile-devel-bounces+guile-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.lisp.guile.devel:14650 Archived-At: On Wed 20 Jun 2012 16:27, David Kastrup writes: > I am not comparing numbers when writing (eq? x x). > I am checking the identity of an object. Whether that object is a > number or not, and if so, what value it has, is irrelevant. "x" is not an object: it is a variable. Variables do not have identity. Andy -- http://wingolog.org/