Re: [External] : Re: cond construct for situation when a variable is t

[Emanuel Berg]

Drew Adams wrote:

>> Right, because one can set the letter t to something which
>> would then screw up the idea that t means
>> a truth condition.
>
> (setq t 42)
>
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (setting-constant t)
>   signal(setting-constant (t))
>   (progn (signal 'setting-constant (list 't)))
>   (progn (progn (signal 'setting-constant (list 't))))
>   elisp--eval-last-sexp(nil)
>   eval-last-sexp(nil)
>   funcall-interactively(eval-last-sexp nil)
>   command-execute(eval-last-sexp)
>
> And `t' is not a "letter" here; it's a _symbol_ whose name
> is "t".

Okay, so they don't allow that anymore. Good, I guess.

Or maybe I did it in another way than using `setq', I say this
because I remember it very well that suddenly nothing worked.

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