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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