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Re: Why does assq fail when getting quoted value from a property list?
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tomas |
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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 15:27:03 +0200 |
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On Mon, Aug 06, 2018 at 07:53:51AM -0400, Noam Postavsky wrote:
> On 6 August 2018 at 03:29, <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
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> >> (let ((lookup (plist-get '(:severity (quote urgent)) :severity)))
> >> (assq lookup '((urgent . 2))))
> >
> > Because the value of (plist-get '(:severity (quote urgent) :severity)
> > is the symbol 'urgent
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> You mean the list of two symbols `quote' and `urgent'.
Hmpf. You're right. "Evaluation" of quote happens later...
Cheers
- -- t
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