[hunchentoot-devel] standalone server lw 5.0

[Jonathon McKitrick]

On Wed, March 7, 2007 5:11 am, Edi Weitz said:
>> (setq *dispatch-table* (list (create-prefix-dispatcher "/" #'bleh)))
> you redefined BLEH.  I'd recommend using
>
>   (setq *dispatch-table* (list (create-prefix-dispatcher "/" 'bleh)))
>
> instead, so changes to BLEH are immediately picked up.

I'd like to understand from a lisp standpoint why this works the way it
does.  What is it about the function operator #' that it only grabs the
value of the symbol when first evaluated?  Is there a 'hidden' closure
operation?

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Jonathon McKitrick
Reed Larkey Group