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14.3 Kinds of Forms

A Lisp object that is intended to be evaluated is called a form. How SXEmacs evaluates a form depends on its data type. SXEmacs has three different kinds of form that are evaluated differently: symbols, lists, and “all other types”. This section describes all three kinds, starting with “all other types” which are self-evaluating forms.