oh wait, is it eval? eval(:(:x)) -> :x?
On Friday, April 1, 2016 at 5:52:42 PM UTC-7, vis...@stanford.edu wrote: > > > x = :(:x) > > $x > > *ERROR: unsupported or misplaced expression $* > > > Is there a quote/unquote function that mimics the behavior or what happens > when you wrap something with :() or do $x? I want to retrieve what's inside > the variable x's expression. > > It's not sufficient to just wrap in Expr(:quote, ...) since that's not the > same as :() and similarly I can't find any documentation on how to unquote > something. > > There must be some routine being called in order to do the > quoting/unquoting - is there a way to access it? > > > Vishesh >
