From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: uzibalqa via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: [External] : Definition of a sexp Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2025 23:06:32 +0000 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: uzibalqa Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="13850"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Heime , Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Jan 10 00:07:23 2025 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1tW1cZ-0003Sc-Ai for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 10 Jan 2025 00:07:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tW1c1-0004B1-82; Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:06:49 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tW1c0-0004As-9c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:06:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-0301.mail-europe.com ([188.165.51.139]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1tW1bw-00017a-KO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 Jan 2025 18:06:48 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=proton.me; s=protonmail; t=1736463997; x=1736723197; bh=gyjtG2dqg0y1U553LB81dC9OF8sJfwt7KigQUuK8hPY=; h=Date:To:From:Cc:Subject:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:References: Feedback-ID:From:To:Cc:Date:Subject:Reply-To:Feedback-ID: Message-ID:BIMI-Selector:List-Unsubscribe:List-Unsubscribe-Post; b=aofdan5ulx97tNnabw2I09mybrCfNsg174pwI5e0mWK0l59cCXVXYoCQNHON2ZYBx 4+ZjXRU0C8//6FSm/1V3s3ZSwBfJo2pHTrEYQJRNgdRfnekHrXcEGVQ7yZe+s4Wetq OYpYz8e/0t/ke98B9m1viKiw97E3OdxoeXYicMKzxUOiUy1+Apo4szO+58IzHuoGpS 8saPfEQwkq0oFaNCRjaOYu7KEJ+SgkCM+cFMqg5W8UwokeLw4bzGr8GPnepqsyNJTS Ua0DefTqvxMOQse7SxjVHOLu9wY9Dw657An+Qkjff+OUzELPjiHC30D5Iu5pxTzuGX nCp3dAZyMMmIg== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 52887082:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 81e5e12c04da439cf6289d6dc64310a118980737 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=188.165.51.139; envelope-from=uzibalqa@proton.me; helo=mail-0301.mail-europe.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:149194 Archived-At: On Thursday, January 9th, 2025 at 11:54 AM, Drew Adams wrote: > > Can one then state that a sexp is either a balanced parenthetical > > grouping, a string, or a symbol, that is subject to evaluation? >=20 >=20 > 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. >=20 > 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. Right. "Not an exhaustive list" is much more informative and precise that "basically". Some difficulties in the docs is that=20 =20 > 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,... >=20 > 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. Good