From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
<help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Definition of a sexp
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 23:54:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <DS7PR10MB5232E996DD9DF659633CA209F3122@DS7PR10MB5232.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
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> Can one then state that a sexp is either a balanced parenthetical
> grouping, a string, or a symbol, that is subject to evaluation?
I already told you what a sexp is, and why "basically"
is used there - it just means there that those are
important kinds of sexps.
IOW, that's not an exhaustive list. It might have added
"a number" and "a vector" to the list, as other important
kinds of atom.
What "basically" does NOT mean there is that there are
lists, strings, or symbols that aren't sexps. Of course
you can pick nits such as representations of lists,
strings, and symbols within comments or inside strings,...
A sexp is a cons or an atom. That's the whole story.
Read the rest of what I wrote or pointed you to, if you
want details.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2025-01-08 23:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2025-01-08 19:30 Definition of a sexp Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2025-01-08 21:12 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2025-01-08 22:04 ` Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2025-01-08 23:54 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2025-01-09 23:06 ` uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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