Stephen Compall wrote: > Literals are literally literal. That is to say: > > (define (itsaliteral) '(42 42))
Thanks, Stephen. I never really looked at quote as declaring a literal. I primarily saw its use for suppressing evaluation inside the quoted entity, and as a convenient shorthand for making lists. I guess it's a convenient shorthand for making _literal_ lists. (And, the Guile documentation even uses the word literal - now that I'm looking for it. ;-) > It is an error to modify literals, but it is also not required by R5RS > to detect and inform of such erroneous modification. It is, however, Fair enough. I certainly wouldn't mind seeing "detect and inform" implemented for this case. As a comparison: if I'm writing C or C++ code, and I try to modify a const value, the compiler is generally going to let me know. Anyway, sorry to trouble the list with a noobish oversight. Regards, Eric
