Usual symbol:
'abc => abc
(symbol? 'abc) => true
(symbol "abc") => abc
(symbol? (symbol "abc")) => true

Special "symbol":
'nil => nil
(symbol? 'nil) => false
(symbol "nil") => nil
(symbol? (symbol "nil")) => true

(= 'nil (symbol "nil")) => false
(= 'nil nil) => true

We can see that (symbol "nil") truly evaluates to symbol nil. On the
other
side, reader evalutes 'nil to nil (nothing). (The same holds true for
'false and 'true.)

Is this consistent and correct behavior? If it is correct,
page http://clojure.org/Reader could tell more about 'nil, 'false and
'true.

Thank you, Frantisek

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