Re: Indentation of constants in LISP

[Stefan Monnier]

> I mean that ":" is part of a SYMBOL i.e. (string (char-syntax ?:))  is
> equal "_", and, in the same time, the characters SPACE TAB NEW-LINE  are
> NOT from this syntax class ("_").

OK, let me write this differently:

If (string (char-syntax ?:)) is equal to "_" then it is necessarily true
that (char-syntax ?:) is equal to ?\_.

Your test is comparable to checking if (list <foo>) is equal to '(2) rather
than checking if <foo> is equal to 2.


        Stefan