Usual symbol: 'abc => abc (symbol? 'abc) => true (symbol "abc") => abc (symbol? (symbol "abc")) => true
Special "symbol": 'nil => nil (symbol? 'nil) => false (symbol "nil") => nil (symbol? (symbol "nil")) => true (= 'nil (symbol "nil")) => false (= 'nil nil) => true We can see that (symbol "nil") truly evaluates to symbol nil. On the other side, reader evalutes 'nil to nil (nothing). (The same holds true for 'false and 'true.) Is this consistent and correct behavior? If it is correct, page http://clojure.org/Reader could tell more about 'nil, 'false and 'true. Thank you, Frantisek --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
