June 5th Tuesday (六月 五日 火曜日)

  -- Function: eval form
     This is the basic function evaluating an expression.  It evaluates
     FORM in the current environment and returns the result.  How the
     evaluation proceeds depends on the type of the object (*note
     Forms::).

     Since `eval' is a function, the argument expression that appears
     in a call to `eval' is evaluated twice: once as preparation before
     `eval' is called, and again by the `eval' function itself.  Here
     is an example:

          (setq foo 'bar)
               => bar
          (setq bar 'baz)
               => baz
          ;; Here `eval' receives argument `foo'
          (eval 'foo)
               => bar
          ;; Here `eval' receives argument `bar', which is the value of `foo'
          (eval foo)
               => baz