From: Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk>
Subject: Re: GNUS/Decoding & be-dangerous problem!
Date: 04 Jul 1999 13:14:59 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <rjwvwgbr9o.fsf@feller.dina.kvl.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "04 Jul 1999 13:14:30 +0200"
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:
>
> > > Gerald <gutier@intergate.bc.ca> writes:
> > >
> > > > (setq gnus-uu-be-dangerous 't)
> > >
> > > (setq gnus-uu-be-dangerous t)
> >
> > Uh, aren't those semantically identical?
>
> Not in this case. :-) The code checks whether the variable is `t'.
Yes, but quoting a self-quoting symbol like t, nil, or :keyword is
supposed to be a no-op. Unless the code in question bypasses the Lisp
reader.
(eq t 't)
==> t
(eq nil 'nil)
==> t
next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-07-04 11:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-06-22 6:26 Gerald
1999-07-04 2:26 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-04 10:55 ` Per Abrahamsen
1999-07-04 11:14 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1999-07-04 11:14 ` Per Abrahamsen [this message]
1999-07-04 11:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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