Abstract form

[Vlad Dumitrescu]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Virding" <robert.virding@REDACTED>
> abstract/1 takes an erlang data structure and converts it into its 
> abstract form. ...
> The other one is for parsing the characters in a string.

Hi,

I read the manual, and I knew about the difference you so kindly point out.

Do you mean that when converted to Erlang abstract format, the term [1,a,3] 
and the term represented by the string "[1,a,3]" are supposed to be 
represented differently? If yes and you know why it should be so, please 
explain because to me they look as they should be the same.

regards,
Vlad