From: Austin Ziegler Date: 2005-12-31T09:43:54+09:00 Subject: Re: What is the difference between :foo and "foo" ? On 30/12/05, Chad Perrin wrote: > On Sat, Dec 31, 2005 at 09:37:00AM +0900, Austin Ziegler wrote: > > On 30/12/05, Chad Perrin wrote: > > > > > > . . . and please don't point out that symbols don't "do" anything, or > > > have any "behavior". You (should) know what I mean from context. > > > > Except that by trying to suggest that Symbols "act" a particular way > > is nonsense. They don't do anything, they don't have any behaviour; > > they just are simple names. In 99% of all uses of Symbols, that's > > absolutely all that matters. > I'm guessing you either didn't read the preceding "you know what I mean" > statement, or you don't actually know what I mean, or you're being > intentionally combative. No, I *didn't* know what you meant. I still don't. Talking about the behaviour of Symbols is nonsense. Talking about the implementation of Symbols is (mostly) nonsense. Talking about what Symbols provide (immediate values that are self-descriptive, like enums or consts) is NOT nonsense. Trying to say much else about Symbols is, again, mostly nonsense. -austin -- Austin Ziegler * halostatue@gmail.com * Alternate: austin@halostatue.ca