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From: | Drew Adams |
Subject: | RE: eval trouble |
Date: | Sun, 14 Sep 2008 15:20:15 -0700 |
> Please, why the comma before sym -- quoted, no less: > > (put ',sym 'some 'value)))) See the Emacs manual, node Backquote. Inside a backquote (`): ,sym evaluates sym and uses that value. ' then wraps that in (quote ...) So if the value of sym is hello, then ,sym gives hello and ',sym gives 'hello.
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