Re: Actions using symbols

[Heime]

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On Tuesday, September 3rd, 2024 at 1:38 AM, Manuel Giraud via Users list for 
the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:

> Heime heimeborgia@protonmail.com writes:
> 
> > I customarily make symbols that I can check on as conditionals
> > 
> > (defun myfunc (actn)
> > (when (eq actn 'something) dothis)
> > 
> > Would things go wrong should I start using function names as arguments
> 
> 
> No.
> 
> > For instance, myfunc would use a mapcar implementation when ACTN is
> > 'mapcar and an apply-partially implementation when ACTN is 'apply-partially
> > 
> > (defun myfunc (actn)
> > (when (eq actn 'mapcar) dothis)
> > (when (eq actn 'apply-partially) dothat)
> 
> 
> This is correct code.
> --
> Manuel Giraud

What happens when I do (let ((actn 'mapcar)) ? It is actually setting 
actn to the 'mapcar symbol.  When one defines the function mapcar, does
elisp also make the symbol 'mapcar ?

(let ((actn 'mapcar))
  dothat(actn))