From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: John Mastro <john.b.mastro@gmail.com>, 25462@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25462: Out of date doc string for "`".
Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2017 17:14:10 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV-9Tk0DUCuq4_T6m=+vuEpWcXNRgpaKa7OuPssZMOfDGeg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170118205525.GF4108@acm.fritz.box>
On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 3:55 PM, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:
>
>> Note that `\\=`' is any ordinary Lisp symbol and thus may be treated
>> as data or given different meanings in particular contexts. For
>> instance, it has a special meaning inside `pcase' patterns.
>
> I think that's objectively wrong.
It's correct.
> "`" isn't an ordinary Lisp symbol,
> it's a reader macro which is handled in the reader.
It's both. "`" is a reader macro which expands into a list starting
with the ordinary Lisp symbol named "`".
(equal (car (read-from-string "`a"))
(list (intern "`") 'a)) ;=> t
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-18 22:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-16 21:30 bug#25462: Out of date doc string for "`" Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-16 21:52 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-01-17 20:05 ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-18 2:04 ` npostavs
2017-01-17 21:17 ` John Mastro
2017-01-18 20:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-18 22:14 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2017-01-18 20:40 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-09-25 16:12 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 6:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-26 7:17 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 20:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
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