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Re: Serious eq? bug?


"Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com> writes:

 > Harvey J. Stein writes:
 > >  > You need to compare strings.  You will have to use equal? or string=?,
 > >  > because eq? is not usable with strings.  Afait, -a and -b aren't
 > >  > portable identifiers either.  See the report.
 > > 
 > > That's annoying because case uses eq?.
 > 
 > This is Lisp, however, the language where syntax and functions
 > converge. You can build an alternative to case that used equal?
 > or string=?, and Did The Right Thing.

Not really, since macros have only recently been standardized, but,
yes, I can in the interpreter of concern.

-- 
Harvey J. Stein
BFM Financial Research
hjstein@bfr.co.il