Hi Henrik and TC, >> I just realized that there is an ambiguity here since I can't seem to >> accomplish a pair looking like this: >> >> ("key" . (1 2 3)), no matter how I try I get: ("key" (1 2 3)), if the > > Heh, I think the problem is quite obvious when looking to the list as what > it really is: a chain of cons. > > ("key" (1 2 3)) -> ("key" . ((1 . (2 . (3 . NIL))))) > > that's equivalent to: > > ("key" . (1 2 3)) => ("key" (1 2 3))
well, picolisp says that: : '("key" . (1 2 3)) -> ("key" 1 2 3) : >>> In any case I can't think of a situation where I would have a >>> string with quotes in it. That seems to me like a serious flaw:-( Regards, Tomas -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picol...@software-lab.de?subject=unsubscribe