[cl-who-devel] loop and with-html-output

Tyler Smith tyler.smith at mail.mcgill.ca
Thu Dec 22 18:21:49 UTC 2011


On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Edi Weitz <edi at agharta.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 6:19 PM, Tyler Smith <tyler.smith at mail.mcgill.ca> wrote:
>
>> Oh, I see. Is this a special circumstance of the macro then, or are
>> symbols bound to strings and actual strings not interchangeable in
>> Lisp?
>
> See my previous reply.
>
> There's nothing specific about Lisp here.  The concept you'll want to
> look up is "literal".
>

Ok, I think I have a general understanding. I have to spend some more
time on macros and the distinction between run-time and compile time.

Thanks for your help,

Tyler




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