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Subject: Re: What is a function parameter =[] for?
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On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 1:54 PM, Antoon Pardon
<antoon.pardon@rece.vub.ac.be> wrote:
> Op 24-11-15 om 20:15 schreef Ian Kelly:
>
>>> But no matter what you want to call it. The dis module shows that
>>> -42 is treated in exactly the same way as 42, which is treated
>>> exactly the same way as () or as (5, 8, 13) which is treated
>>> differently from [] or [5, 8, 13].
>>
>> This is an implementation detail. The compiler would also be free to
>> compile -42 into byte code as the negation of the constant 42. That 42
>> is a literal, on the other hand, is part of the language
>> specification.
>
> I think you are picking nits.

Yes. This entire subtopic about literals is picking nits. :-)