Re: cond & test: if & while

[Xah Lee]

On Nov 25, 5:45 am, aartist <aart...@gmail.com> wrote:
> This might be a very basic question, but here it is anyway.
> C-h f if
> if is a special form in `C source code'.
> (if cond then else...)
>
> C-h f while
> while is a special form in `C source code'.
> (while test body...)
>
> What is the difference between test and condition here for elisp
> execution? Is test is a superset of condition?  Is test considered
> multiple execution of same condition ?

No difference. It just so happens that they used different wording.

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