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Re: why does `variable-at-point' return 0?
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Stefan Monnier |
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Re: why does `variable-at-point' return 0? |
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Thu, 19 Apr 2012 17:52:22 -0400 |
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>> All I can think of is that for some reason someone wanted to
>> test using `symbolp' instead of testing using `not' (or `and').
>> But I cannot imagine why.
That's most likely the reason, so as not to get tripped up by a variable
whose name happens to be "nil" (unlikely in Lisp, admittedly).
Stefan