Re: :name or 'name?

[Oleksandr Gavenko]

On 2013-01-21, Suvayu Ali wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 21, 2013 at 08:26:33PM +0200, Oleksandr Gavenko wrote:
>> 
>>   (put :mylib-error "Unknown mylib error")
>>   (put :mylib-error 'error-conditions '(:mylib-error error))
>>   ...
>>   (condition-case 'var BODY (:mylib-error ...))
>
> Are you sure this is correct syntax?  The way I understand it, put takes
> a symbol name as the first argument, so it should be 'symbol or a
> variable that evaluates to 'symbol.
>
I don't try my code. But after minor fixes this work as I expect:

  (put :mylib-error 'error-message "Unknown mylib error")
  (put :mylib-error 'error-conditions '(:mylib-error error))
  (condition-case var (signal :mylib-error nil) (:mylib-error (message "OK")))

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