Re: Help with select-elements function

[Chris Maden <crism@xxxxxxx>]

[W. Eliot Kimber]
> I thought "'()" was simply a shorthand for (list). I guess it means
> more than that?

'(blah blah)

is the quoted canonical representation of a list.

(list blah blah)

is the list constructor procedure.  The difference is that the former
*is* a quoted list, and the second *constructs* a list.  Usually, they
are identical, but inside the quoted list, variables aren't
recognized.

I think.  YMMV.

-Chris
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