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comparing symbols coming from gensym?


From: Joe Corneli
Subject: comparing symbols coming from gensym?
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2005 23:50:46 -0500

Why is it that

(setq a (gensym)) ;=> G2007
a                 ;=> G2007
(equal a 'G2007)  ;=> nil

while 

(setq a 'foo)    ;=> foo
a                ;=> foo
(equal a 'foo)   ;=> t

?




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