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Subject: Re: Help with select-elements function
From: Chris Maden <crism@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 1998 14:05:14 -0500
[Norm Walsh]
> I've noticed that variable values don't get expanded in quoted
> lists.  Try
> 
>   (list "a" (list "NAME" namevalue))
> 
> I'll leave it up to a better schemer to detail the differences
> between those two forms.

Your simple explanation is correct, AFAIK: quoted things aren't
expanded.

You could use pseudoquoting if you needed to get around that, but I
don't think I want to get into that right now.

-Chris
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