From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: pack/unpack perl like functions ?
Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 15:29:14 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvbqm1kkyq.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lkm3lncy.fsf@zogzog.gnu-rox.org> (Xavier Maillard's message of "Wed\, 22 Nov 2006 12\:41\:49 +0100")
> unpack takes a string and expands it out as a list of values
> (pack does the opposite).
What's "a list of values"?
> Are you aware of something like this ?
I guess `prin1' is similar to `pack' and `read' is then like `unpack'.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-12-18 20:29 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-11-22 11:41 pack/unpack perl like functions ? Xavier Maillard
2006-12-18 20:29 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2006-12-18 23:44 ` Kevin Rodgers
2006-12-19 10:53 ` Johan Bockgård
2006-12-19 9:45 ` Kim F. Storm
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