From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Noam Postavsky Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment" Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 19:32:23 -0400 Message-ID: <87a7sica2g.fsf@gmail.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1527636741 31119 195.159.176.226 (29 May 2018 23:32:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 23:32:21 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: 31623@debbugs.gnu.org To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 30 01:32:17 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fNo6C-00080u-1N for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 May 2018 01:32:16 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:35446 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNo8J-0007cC-4O for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 19:34:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55630) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNo71-000718-5M for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 19:33:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNo6x-0003zC-4S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 19:33:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:46537) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fNo6x-0003z7-1S for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 19:33:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fNo6w-0001yE-R2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 19:33:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Noam Postavsky Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 23:33:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 31623 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 31623-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B31623.15276367527524 (code B ref 31623); Tue, 29 May 2018 23:33:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31623) by debbugs.gnu.org; 29 May 2018 23:32:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:54433 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fNo6S-0001xI-Jo for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 19:32:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-it0-f44.google.com ([209.85.214.44]:34700) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fNo6R-0001x5-2n for 31623@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 29 May 2018 19:32:31 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-it0-f44.google.com with SMTP id c5-v6so30428135itj.1 for <31623@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 29 May 2018 16:32:31 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=wvAgmetLansIH50mDcbbXF5zjbHZ9BJQMCmPv8D7BA4=; b=GqzoMuIQTbFUZ8vbR5zVYjsORS9A/fmoABMHPc6ppj/O5x8BL8Vqx4oJMNl3todzm6 aETGN0XKT2QLfw2R2Kq0xaoiFrohD/qSlHeArkxn3Ju474O6g4+N444/TxYTXt0aMK6Q sB7Y/KJZc4oUK8ij2CP5Y405AhdmnHksu9NE/EsLem+yHfK9UzZ8ql2ybWePUP20hFSV OKE/VPMaj5Y5nd87rSxrQzOHVb7M+Es6A7KAfSxuD2yViTY50qQv9+klaSdbev7wYn7h appeK32KciGZQ2LOX7/3fqt8XPJeYulSMH08hVgapy5UmTdZtgmgiaF/iMhMTnVehGhg /l+g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to :message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=wvAgmetLansIH50mDcbbXF5zjbHZ9BJQMCmPv8D7BA4=; b=iFXxwH/u3raJqRklmA5v7wb3XpEvdA82J8WeUPCU+o0zI7ISIlwY65Ih66ueeMdX01 6HztzU4317t213ieqb9LfASshYvldD7fuWoSbk+nou5hjc8cdmPwk0dPNfQwSqYYcv6e csu5gj3ZobVg94mGJujb1qemwURsGpAwJG5713lc/jauhL2+RYpDWPsLBPjD5uqJBmkE wRH/QeZNURvNC+I+N9y81oZr3ITncsXGEnCjT8YbKACQPbGQywhphJIJw8coNI6Gs/Mm R0MrEiZgVwZVN5eWSJbNPcFFf3c8FT0JuhUXgwoFLoil2dLsFpvsFkR/e/tN1MVW7eUN x3KA== X-Gm-Message-State: ALKqPwcatbS/0Jm3Q5DTQ+IJUk6HTkJwLzUElz5VzbzhjLs18b8xLSDQ BLshS9GH5arfuUSFr8p006EY6w== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKLstR/jq8riQ2+RuZKm5BTFT4VQqo07hrCQwnxRd3LZt5TM/WxE9Wyuvonx3i+34azMm7aPzA== X-Received: by 2002:a24:3992:: with SMTP id l140-v6mr905453ita.33.1527636745432; Tue, 29 May 2018 16:32:25 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from zebian (cbl-45-2-119-34.yyz.frontiernetworks.ca. [45.2.119.34]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id d199-v6sm6254416ioe.51.2018.05.29.16.32.24 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Tue, 29 May 2018 16:32:24 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 28 May 2018 07:35:00 -0700 (PDT)") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:146722 Archived-At: Drew Adams writes: > From the text of index entry "; in comment" I would expect a node that > talks about the use of `;' inside a comment. I cannot imagine what > other sense someone might make of this index-entry text. > > But the target of the index entry, node `Comments', does not seem to > say anything about a `;' character inside a comment. As far as I can tell, it refers to this sentence: In Lisp, a semicolon (`;') starts a comment if it is not within a string or character constant. So, if it is not "within a string or character constant" then the semicolon is in a comment.