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Re: ' and non '
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Barry Margolin |
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Re: ' and non ' |
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Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:08:10 -0400 |
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In article <49E67E11.5060708@ggmail.com>,
AlF <spamgrinder.trylater@ggmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I came across two notation:
>
> (c-set-offset 'substatement-open 0)
>
> (c-set-offset 'substatement-open '0)
>
>
> which is correct?
>
> A.
They're equivalent. Single-quote in Lisp prevents the following
expression from being evaluated. Numbers evaluate to themselves, so the
quote is redundant.
Stylistically, it's rarely appropriate to quote self-evaluating data
types.
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- ' and non ', AlF, 2009/04/16
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