From ... Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeeds.belnet.be!news.belnet.be!news2.kpn.net!news.kpn.net!nslave.kpnqwest.net!nloc.kpnqwest.net!nmaster.kpnqwest.net!nreader2.kpnqwest.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.lisp Subject: Re: newbie in deep over his head References: <3c7e7bb7.355655747@netnews.attbi.com> Mail-Copies-To: never From: Erik Naggum Message-ID: <3223920435580032@naggum.net> Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 15 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 21:27:10 GMT X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@KPNQwest.no X-Trace: nreader2.kpnqwest.net 1014931630 193.71.199.50 (Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:27:10 MET) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2002 22:27:10 MET Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.lisp:27583 * "Glenn Burnside" | Incidently, someone pointed out that the #' in front of a lambda is | superfluous? My understanding was that it was necessary to refer to the | function of a symbol instead of its value? Under what circumstances can | you elide the #' in front of a lambda expression? (lambda ...) is a macro that expands to (function (lambda ...)). #'(lambda ...) is a reader macro that returns (function (lambda ...)). I think using #'(lambda ...) is a notational grossity. /// -- In a fight against something, the fight has value, victory has none. In a fight for something, the fight is a loss, victory merely relief.