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Re: intern vs. make-symbol
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Thorsten Jolitz |
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Re: intern vs. make-symbol |
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Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:42:48 +0100 |
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Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> give the same results - and why isn't this so?
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> 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).
Thanks Tom and Stefan, I think its this implicit "interning" that I
somehow expected to happen when quoting the result of 'make-symbol.
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cheers,
Thorsten