From: Luke J Crook
Subject: (QUOTE form) equivalent to ' ?
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:06:00 +0000
Message-ID: <IBv18.30166$ql6.7213862@typhoon.socal.rr.com>

Could someone please explain why this works...

(setq a-list (quote (1 2 3 4 5)))

and this doesn't...

(setq a-list ( '(1 2 3 4 5)))

I am confused as QUOTE is supposed to be equivalent to ', but it doesn't
seem to be in this particular case.

-Luke

• Re: (QUOTE form) equivalent to ' ? Dr. Edmund Weitz
  • Re: (QUOTE form) equivalent to ' ? Luke J Crook

From: Dr. Edmund Weitz
Subject: Re: (QUOTE form) equivalent to ' ?
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:08:56 +0000
Message-ID: <m36661pffr.fsf@bird.agharta.de>

"Luke J Crook" <······@socal.rr.com> writes:

> Could someone please explain why this works...
> 
> (setq a-list (quote (1 2 3 4 5)))
> 
> and this doesn't...
> 
> (setq a-list ( '(1 2 3 4 5)))
> 
> I am confused as QUOTE is supposed to be equivalent to ', but it doesn't
> seem to be in this particular case.
> 
> -Luke

'FORM is an abbreviation for (QUOTE FORM), so there are too many
parentheses in your example. Should be

  (setq a-list '(1 2 3 4 5))

HTH,
Edi.

From: Luke J Crook
Subject: Re: (QUOTE form) equivalent to ' ?
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2002 08:14:02 +0000
Message-ID: <eJv18.30168$ql6.7221243@typhoon.socal.rr.com>

Thank you for the near instantaneous reply. I now understand the difference.

(setq var-1 (QUOTE a))

is equivalent to...

(setq var-1 'a)

-Luke


"Dr. Edmund Weitz" <···@agharta.de> wrote in message
···················@bird.agharta.de...
> "Luke J Crook" <······@socal.rr.com> writes:
>
> > Could someone please explain why this works...
> >
> > (setq a-list (quote (1 2 3 4 5)))
> >
> > and this doesn't...
> >
> > (setq a-list ( '(1 2 3 4 5)))
> >
> > I am confused as QUOTE is supposed to be equivalent to ', but it doesn't
> > seem to be in this particular case.
> >
> > -Luke
>
> 'FORM is an abbreviation for (QUOTE FORM), so there are too many
> parentheses in your example. Should be
>
>   (setq a-list '(1 2 3 4 5))
>
> HTH,
> Edi.