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Re: Why does assq fail when getting quoted value from a property list?
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Noam Postavsky |
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Re: Why does assq fail when getting quoted value from a property list? |
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Mon, 6 Aug 2018 07:53:51 -0400 |
On 6 August 2018 at 03:29, <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
>> (let ((lookup (plist-get '(:severity (quote urgent)) :severity)))
>> (assq lookup '((urgent . 2))))
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> Because the value of (plist-get '(:severity (quote urgent) :severity)
> is the symbol 'urgent
You mean the list of two symbols `quote' and `urgent'.
(equal (list 'quote 'urgent)
(plist-get '(:severity (quote urgent)) :severity))
;=> t