> the actual guile scheme documentation didn't seem to explain that syntax at all. (quote data) 'data Quoting is used to obtain a literal symbol (instead

> the actual guile scheme documentation didn't seem to explain that syntax at all. (quote data) 'data Quoting is used to obtain a literal symbol (instead of a variable reference), a literal list (instead of a function call), or a literal vector. ' is simply a shorthand for a quote form. For example, 'x ⇒ x '(1 2 3) ⇒ (1 2 3) '#(1 (2 3) 4) ⇒ #(1 (2 3) 4) (quote x) ⇒ x (quote (1 2 3)) ⇒ (1 2 3) (quote #(1 (2 3) 4)) ⇒ #(1 (2 3) 4) Note that an application must not attempt to modify literal lists or vectors obtained from a quote form, since they may be in read-only memory. — <https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Expression-Syntax.html https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Expressi...>