Re: Calling a function with undefined symbol

[Michael Heerdegen]

Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> writes:

> Nitpick:
>
>     'go
>
> is an *expression*, not a symbol.
> That expression returns a symbol, the symbol:
>
>     go

Here is a nice exercise about that:

Say the variable `x` is bound to

  '''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''''...

i.e. a value that is a quoted thing where the thing is the same value
again (such a value exists in Elisp!) - what would evaluating

  (eq 'x x)

and

  (equal 'x x)

yield, and why?


Michael.