Re: [Chicken-users] another egg

[John Cowan]

address@hidden scripsit:

>     #;2> (case 'a
>       (('a) 1)
>       (('b) 2)
>       (else #f))
>     #f

However, (case x ('a 1) ('b 2) (else #f)) will sort of work (one fewer
set of parens), because 'a is (quote a), a list of symbols.  So if x is
'quote or 'a, you get 1; if it's 'b, you get 2, otherwise you get #f.

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