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
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