Re: Using empty_string as the only "" string

[Andreas Schwab]

"Juanma Barranquero" <address@hidden> writes:

> On 4/24/07, Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> I see nothing wrong with that.
>
> I do see it. The issue is not string comparison, but object identity.
> It's no different from
>
> (eq 0.0 0.0) => nil
>
> I would be mightily surprised if
>
>  (eq (- 2.0 0.0) (- 2.0 0.0)) => nil
>  (eq (- 2.0 1.0) (- 2.0 1.0)) => nil
>  (eq (- 2.0 2.0) (- 2.0 2.0)) => t
>
> were true.

In which way is this different from

   (eq (cdr '(a)) (cdr '(b))) => t

?

Andreas.

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