On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Edi Weitz edi@agharta.de wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Tyler Smith tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca wrote:
Oh, I see. Is this a special circumstance of the macro then, or are symbols bound to strings and actual strings not interchangeable in Lisp?
See my previous reply.
There's nothing specific about Lisp here. The concept you'll want to look up is "literal".
Ok, I think I have a general understanding. I have to spend some more time on macros and the distinction between run-time and compile time.
Thanks for your help,
Tyler
Also if you want to use macros with CL-WHO, you might want to check http://lisp-univ-etc.blogspot.com/2009/03/cl-who-macros.html
Best, Vsevolod
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Tyler Smith tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.cawrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Edi Weitz edi@agharta.de wrote:
On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Tyler Smith tyler.smith@mail.mcgill.ca
wrote:
Oh, I see. Is this a special circumstance of the macro then, or are symbols bound to strings and actual strings not interchangeable in Lisp?
See my previous reply.
There's nothing specific about Lisp here. The concept you'll want to look up is "literal".
Ok, I think I have a general understanding. I have to spend some more time on macros and the distinction between run-time and compile time.
Thanks for your help,
Tyler
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