Arc Forum | I'd expect that "abc".1 would return #\b?

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5 points by kens 6161 days ago | link | parent

I'd expect that "abc".1 would return #\b?

5 points by pg 6161 days ago | link

No, it would read as two separate things, a string and the number .1; symbol-syntax has lower "precedence" than Lisp read.

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4 points by sjs 6161 days ago | link

  arc> (= s "abc")
  "abc"
  arc> s.1
  #\b

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