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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



  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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