Re: proposal to make null string handling more emacs-y

[Andreas Röhler]

Am 29.04.2012 19:08, schrieb Drew Adams:
> > > (string= nil "")
> >
> > (if ""
> >       (message "%s" "empty string proved true")
> >         (message "%s" "empty string proved false"))
> > ==>  "empty string proved true"
>
> "" is not equal or eq or eql to nil.
> But "" is string= to nil.

in other words said:

if the empty list is nil, why the empty string should yield true?

for me

(equal nil "")==> t

would be plausible