[Chicken-users] understanding eval

[Daishi Kato]

Hi,

This might be a stupid question,
but would someone help me understand the following eval example?
I was expecting to get 1.

Daishi

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#;1> (define a 'car)
#;2> (define b '(1 2 3))
#;3> (eval (list a b))
Error: call of non-procedure: 1

        Call history:

        <syntax>                (eval (list a b))
        <syntax>                (list a b)
        <eval>          (eval (list a b))
        <eval>          (list a b)
        <syntax>                (car (1 2 3))
        <syntax>                (1 2 3)
        <eval>          (car (1 2 3))
        <eval>          (1 2 3) <--