JuliaLang/julia — Issue #555: : on function results in symbol, not Expr
Author: choffstein
Created: 2012-03-09 15:44:28+00:00
State: open

```
julia> function test(x,y)
x + y
end

julia> ex = :(test)
test

julia> typeof(ex)
Symbol

julia> ex = quote test end

begin
line(1)
test
end

julia> typeof(ex)
Expr
```

It seems to me like :test should be a symbol, and :(test) should be an Expr.