Re: [Chicken-users] case vs. eq? - just curious ....

[Jim Ursetto]

On Mar 2, 2012, at 7:57 PM, Matt Welland wrote:

> I'm trying to convert a comparison operator to the equivalent text. These are 
> not symbols. I think case treats the target list as if it was created with a 
> quote: '(>).

That's what case does.

You want `select`: http://api.call-cc.org/doc/chicken/special-forms/select .

> The cond does what I need just fine, I just didn't understand why case didn't 
> also work.

Expand it with ,x and you'll see.

Jim