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(defun elisp--current-symbol () (let ((c (char-after (point)))) (and c (memq (char-syntax c) '(?w ?_)) (intern-soft (current-word))))) Is there reason why this function is written that way and not like: (defun elisp--current-symbol () "Returns nil unless current word is an interned symbol." (intern-soft (current-word))) Seems to me that checking for the first letter does not have any effect, but I am maybe missing some special case? Doesn't 'current-word' obey rules for what emacs lisp mode says is word anyway? Also the comment seem to belong to doc-string rather than a comment outside the function. Same follows for some other internal functions there, but that is a minor, I am just wondering about syntax table and if I am missing something there. Thnks in advance for the answer.