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Re: Calling a function with undefined symbol


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Calling a function with undefined symbol
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2022 08:29:01 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux)

>> This even though the symbol "'go" does not exist.  What is happening here?

Nitpick:

    'go

is an *expression*, not a symbol.
That expression returns a symbol, the symbol:

    go

> The symbol 'seqr is just taking the job of variable name here.

"The symbol 'foo" is like saying "The number '34".
Better write things like:

    I like the symbol `seqr` and the value `34`, as well as the
    expression `'34`.


-- Stefan




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