On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 08:04:23PM -0700, Matt Gushee wrote:
> Wait a minute, though. I understand now why
>
> (('a) ...)
>
> didn't match, but how is it that
>
> ('a ...)
>
> isn't a syntax error? Is it because 'a expands to (quote a), and is thus
> treated by case as a list of the symbols quote and a? And if so, is that
> correct behavior? After all,
(case 'quote
('a "yes")
(else "nope")) => "yes"
Expanded:
(case 'quote
((quote a) "yes")
(else "nope")) => "yes"
(Case already quotes for you).
Cheers,
Peter
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