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Re: intern vs. make-symbol


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: intern vs. make-symbol
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:33:17 -0500
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

> give the same results - and why isn't this so?

Because the implicit "interning" is done while `read'ing the code
(i.e. while turning the text into a sexp), not while `eval'ing the code
(which takes a sexp and runs it).


        Stefan




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