From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
Cc: db48x@db48x.net, matt@rfc20.org, conao3@gmail.com,
monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Interpret #r"..." as a raw string
Date: Sun, 07 Mar 2021 01:08:07 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1lImaF-000055-IV@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <83tupowuud.fsf@gnu.org> (message from Eli Zaretskii on Sat, 06 Mar 2021 10:27:06 +0200)
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> So it is okay to talk about a "string constant" or a "constant string"
> instead of "string literal"? And likewise with "literal vectors"?
We can use the expression "constant string" to mean is a string that
is part of the code and stands for itself. A constant object can have
any data type that has a read syntax, perhaps with the help of quote.
With the help of a macro, it can have any type.
But there is no distinction between "constant" and "variable", and
what the code actually contains is a string. A "constant string"
is simply a string contained in the code.
> We generally treat these as equivalent terms. Here's an example:
> When similar constants occur as parts of a program, the Lisp
> interpreter might save time or space by reusing existing constants or
> their components.
In another message, I fixed up thnat text.
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Dr Richard Stallman
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Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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Thread overview: 75+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-02-26 18:18 [PATCH] Interpret #r"..." as a raw string Naoya Yamashita
2021-02-26 18:27 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-02-26 18:53 ` Naoya Yamashita
2021-02-26 19:03 ` Drew Adams
2021-02-26 19:48 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-02-26 20:23 ` Naoya Yamashita
2021-02-26 20:34 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-26 20:39 ` Naoya Yamashita
2021-02-26 20:45 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-26 20:50 ` Naoya Yamashita
2021-02-26 20:54 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-26 20:03 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-26 20:34 ` Naoya Yamashita
2021-02-26 19:09 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-02-26 20:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-02-27 0:39 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-02-27 16:14 ` Richard Stallman
2021-02-27 16:18 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-01 5:19 ` Richard Stallman
2021-03-02 5:45 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-03-03 5:53 ` Richard Stallman
2021-03-03 6:14 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-03 7:00 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-04 2:47 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-03-04 13:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-04 16:55 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-03-05 5:44 ` Richard Stallman
2021-03-05 5:39 ` Richard Stallman
2021-03-05 8:01 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-06 5:13 ` Richard Stallman
2021-03-06 6:04 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-03-07 6:13 ` Richard Stallman
2021-03-07 17:20 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2021-03-06 8:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-06 9:51 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-06 10:24 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-03-07 6:08 ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2021-02-27 20:41 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-02-28 6:22 ` Zhu Zihao
2021-03-01 5:26 ` Richard Stallman
2021-03-01 12:06 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-03-01 12:13 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-03-02 5:59 ` Matt Armstrong
2021-03-02 9:56 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-02 10:13 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-03-02 10:55 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-02 11:18 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-03-02 11:26 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-02 11:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-03-02 11:52 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-02 12:01 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-03-02 14:14 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-03-02 14:32 ` Dmitry Gutov
2021-03-02 15:06 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-03-02 11:41 ` Aurélien Aptel
2021-03-02 13:49 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-02 14:46 ` Aurélien Aptel
2021-03-02 15:11 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-02 16:07 ` Aurélien Aptel
2021-03-03 7:31 ` Alfred M. Szmidt
2021-03-03 16:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-02 20:36 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-03 0:27 ` Stefan Monnier
2021-03-03 0:42 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-03 8:16 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-03-03 9:25 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-03 9:29 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-03-03 10:02 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-03 10:11 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-03 10:14 ` Andreas Schwab
2021-03-03 11:48 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-03 10:12 ` Michael Albinus
2021-03-03 10:42 ` Daniel Brooks
2021-03-03 10:49 ` Michael Albinus
2021-03-03 16:12 ` Stefan Monnier
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