Re: Simple elisp problem with equal

[exits funnel]

Many thanks to David, Peter, Ismael and Thien-Thi. 
One additional question: I'm still a little confused
about the difference between 'foo and foo.  I've read
most or all of the stuff in the lisp manual about
symbols.  If anyone could provide a pointer to the
relevent info section I'd really apprciate it.

-exits

--- Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa@Web.DE> wrote:
> 
> Am 27.04.2005 um 01:35 schrieb exits funnel:
> 
> > (equal system-type "gnu/linux")
> >
> 
> Since system-type is a symbol, I think its correct
> use is something 
> like that:
> 
>       (string= (symbol-name system-type) "gnu/linux")
> 
> I don't know how commutative Elisp is (commutative
> means that (1+2) is 
> the same as (2+1)), I've mostly seen statements like
> that:
> 
>       (string= "gnu/linux" (symbol-name system-type))
> 
> --
> Greetings
> 
>    Pete
> 
> "There's no place like 127.0.0.1"
>                       origin unknown
> 
> 

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