Re: symbols, values and properties

2010-09-26 Thread Alexander Burger
Hi Edwin, the way i understand it, symbols evaluate to a value. symbols also have properties. several questions: Correct. 1) how are symbol properties implemented on the C level? As you recall from our discussion here about two weeks ago, properties are stored in a list of cons pairs in

Re: symbols, values and properties

2010-09-26 Thread Edwin Eyan Moragas
Hi Alex, On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 3:11 PM, Alexander Burger a...@software-lab.de wro= te: Note that - as opposed to association lists - the key is in the CDR of the cell. This has advantages when manipulating the value, because the CAR of a cell is a variable ('var' called in the

symbols, values and properties

2010-09-25 Thread Edwin Eyan Moragas
Hi list, reading up on the docs again, it mentions symbols, values and properties. the way i understand it, symbols evaluate to a value. symbols also have properties. several questions: 1) how are symbol properties implemented on the C level? 2) how are symbol properties stored in the db? what