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Re: Whats wrong with this defcustom?
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Thorsten Jolitz |
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Re: Whats wrong with this defcustom? |
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Tue, 29 Jul 2014 01:09:43 +0200 |
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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> | STANDARD is an expression specifying the variable's standard
>> | value. It should not be quoted.
>> | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> The underscored text means that you shouldn't write
>
> '(concat foo bar)
> but
> (concat foo bar)
>
> I.e. his 'notes is perfectly correct: it's an unquoted *expression*
> which will return the symbol `notes' when evaluated.
Ok, precision matters, so a quoted symbol is at the same time an
unquoted *expression* that returns the symbol itself ... while an unquoted
symbol
in an unquoted *expression* that tries to return the symbols value (as a
variable) ... (?)
--
cheers,
Thorsten
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Re: Whats wrong with this defcustom?, Sebastian Wiesner, 2014/07/28