While this won't ever happen, it shuts up a compilation warning. Explanation: 'other becomes (quote other) which cl-case then interprets as a list, meaning "if it matches either the symbol quote or the symbol other, then follow this branch".
Similar to how
While this won't ever happen, it shuts up a compilation warning. Explanation:
'other
becomes(quote other)
whichcl-case
then interprets as a list, meaning "if it matches either the symbolquote
or the symbolother
, then follow this branch". Similar to howwill return
t
when x is either 1 or 2.Maybe the relevant part of the manual should be rewritten to make this more explicit…