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diff --git a/devdocs/elisp/symbol-forms.html b/devdocs/elisp/symbol-forms.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7d2da9de --- /dev/null +++ b/devdocs/elisp/symbol-forms.html @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ + <h4 class="subsection">Symbol Forms</h4> <p>When a symbol is evaluated, it is treated as a variable. The result is the variable’s value, if it has one. If the symbol has no value as a variable, the Lisp interpreter signals an error. For more information on the use of variables, see <a href="variables">Variables</a>. </p> <p>In the following example, we set the value of a symbol with <code>setq</code>. Then we evaluate the symbol, and get back the value that <code>setq</code> stored. </p> <div class="example"> <pre class="example">(setq a 123) + ⇒ 123 +</pre> +<pre class="example">(eval 'a) + ⇒ 123 +</pre> +<pre class="example">a + ⇒ 123 +</pre> +</div> <p>The symbols <code>nil</code> and <code>t</code> are treated specially, so that the value of <code>nil</code> is always <code>nil</code>, and the value of <code>t</code> is always <code>t</code>; you cannot set or bind them to any other values. Thus, these two symbols act like self-evaluating forms, even though <code>eval</code> treats them like any other symbol. A symbol whose name starts with ‘<samp>:</samp>’ also self-evaluates in the same way; likewise, its value ordinarily cannot be changed. See <a href="constant-variables">Constant Variables</a>. </p><div class="_attribution"> + <p class="_attribution-p"> + Copyright © 1990-1996, 1998-2022 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <br>Licensed under the GNU GPL license.<br> + <a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Symbol-Forms.html" class="_attribution-link">https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Symbol-Forms.html</a> + </p> +</div> |