At 2005-08-23T23:50:46-05:00, Joe Corneli wrote: > Why is it that > > (setq a (gensym)) ;=> G2007 > a ;=> G2007 > (equal a 'G2007) ;=> nil
Perhaps this is because `a' is an uninterned symbol --- see `(elisp)Creating Symbols' --- while `G2007' is an interned symbol. (`gensym' creates an uninterned symbol.) ELISP> (intern-soft a) nil ELISP> (intern-soft 'G55817) G55817 > while > > (setq a 'foo) ;=> foo > a ;=> foo > (equal a 'foo) ;=> t In this case, both `a' and `foo' are interned. ELISP> (intern-soft a) foo ELISP> (intern-soft 'foo) foo Raghavendra. -- N. Raghavendra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | See message headers for contact Harish-Chandra Research Institute | and OpenPGP details. _______________________________________________ Help-gnu-emacs mailing list Help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-gnu-emacs
