From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus@gmail.com>
Cc: 40693@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 13:35:25 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <7b043ea4-2633-45dc-8e7f-79f86ff00d95@cs.ucla.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ADEA1261-D966-479A-937A-97957CFF63DA@gmail.com>
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> I still find it surprising that a back-quoted list would behave that way
Me too. This should be documented better, and to try to do that I installed the
attached patch into the emacs-27 branch (this should appear on the master branch
after the next merge).
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From 81e7d7f111872c9f2aaf8885db50a22ed746d7b5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Eggert <eggert@cs.ucla.edu>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 09:37:51 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Document that quoting yields constants
* doc/lispref/eval.texi (Quoting, Backquote):
Mention that quoted expressions yield a constant (Bug#40693).
---
doc/lispref/eval.texi | 8 +++++++-
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/doc/lispref/eval.texi b/doc/lispref/eval.texi
index f6f36ed342..46cfab164b 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/eval.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/eval.texi
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ and vectors.)
@defspec quote object
This special form returns @var{object}, without evaluating it.
+The returned value is a constant, and should not be modified.
@end defspec
@cindex @samp{'} for quoting
@@ -612,10 +613,12 @@ only part of a list, while computing and substituting other parts.
@dfn{Backquote constructs} allow you to quote a list, but
selectively evaluate elements of that list. In the simplest case, it
-is identical to the special form @code{quote}
+is identical to the special form
@iftex
+@code{quote}.
@end iftex
@ifnottex
+@code{quote}
(described in the previous section; @pxref{Quoting}).
@end ifnottex
For example, these two forms yield identical results:
@@ -693,6 +696,9 @@ Here are some examples:
@end group
@end example
+If a subexpression of a backquote construct has no substitutions or
+splices, it acts like @code{quote} in that it yields a constant that
+should not be modified.
@node Eval
@section Eval
--
2.17.1
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-04-19 20:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-04-18 2:59 bug#40693: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist Ivan Andrus
2020-04-18 17:29 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-18 21:00 ` Ivan Andrus
2020-04-18 23:13 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-19 0:10 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-19 0:29 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-19 0:33 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-04-19 0:34 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-04-29 10:11 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-04-29 10:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 12:08 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-29 12:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 14:28 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-29 14:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 15:02 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-04-29 15:07 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-29 14:41 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-18 1:24 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-18 14:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-05-18 22:50 ` Dmitry Gutov
2020-05-18 23:50 ` João Távora
2020-05-21 21:14 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-21 22:16 ` João Távora
2020-05-22 14:54 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-22 20:14 ` João Távora
2020-05-23 16:13 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-23 19:40 ` João Távora
2020-05-23 22:41 ` Basil L. Contovounesios
2020-05-23 22:45 ` João Távora
2020-04-19 20:35 ` Paul Eggert [this message]
2020-04-19 21:01 ` Drew Adams
2020-04-19 22:14 ` Paul Eggert
2020-04-19 22:29 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-19 23:59 ` Paul Eggert
2020-04-20 0:25 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-20 0:32 ` Paul Eggert
2020-04-20 0:57 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-04-20 2:55 ` Paul Eggert
2020-04-20 14:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-04-20 5:45 ` Drew Adams
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