Identity vs equality (was Re: [Newbies] Assignment)

stephane ducasse stephane.ducasse at free.fr
Sat Aug 11 16:51:17 UTC 2007


>>
>> 'Hello' = #'Hello' -> true
>>
>> #'Hello' = 'Hello' -> false
>>
>> ...that seems to indicate something is a bit wrong. ;)
>>
>> regards, Göran
>
> In 3.10 they both evaluate to true.

Why does it make sense?
I do not understand why #'hello' as a symbol should be = to 'hello'.

It would have been good that such an important change would have been  
discussed
on the mailing-list.

Stef




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