From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Heime Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: [External] : Re: Locating file via load-path Date: Thu, 08 Aug 2024 22:35:52 +0000 Message-ID: References: =?us-ascii?Q?_<868qx6n9ug.fsf@gnu.org>________?= 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="24882"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: Eli Zaretskii , "help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org" To: Drew Adams Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Fri Aug 09 00:36:45 2024 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 1scBkT-0006KL-7f for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Fri, 09 Aug 2024 00:36:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1scBjn-0001el-Uj; Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:36:03 -0400 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 1scBjj-0001eU-6E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:35:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-4325.protonmail.ch ([185.70.43.25]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1scBjh-00012T-BM for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 08 Aug 2024 18:35:58 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=protonmail3; t=1723156555; x=1723415755; bh=EG+RfwV1I/0ZDtAXPwkqFUx/tafa6c/rEGklu3SWOys=; 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; b=aLVVL46vnFLMiKIlvRCLqVOBTMs8/+/Tska05q1vrX+BJYVuSj/n2reMMIaH80frq qZSrJ+nks0azxJWGtgYpPDqM4OBT5jxF3WuIsUW4hWS+j6UOciM2O7ZLJ9sRI9GBOc 7exGRrxy2CjXrpgXY74Oqdk6ViumgyFw28rXhMNIertKNViJ6Xlj4UvBpylwc8MvKA KzfF2VZTf9xW5FgyfuF6YkNLean07VerQRuj5yzY1ULlRx07jN5XccqACfm2O2okar 9SOAoMygM2p46s38EwGyKTyhl5G7tsPab2IGRf52bXrO+nMIouY/9Ze7C6eUEAwBdR sV7/cmt/eHkZQ== In-Reply-To: Feedback-ID: 57735886:user:proton X-Pm-Message-ID: 9197f5c32f90bb15a02e9c8e9ef54d38ab28675e Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.70.43.25; envelope-from=heimeborgia@protonmail.com; helo=mail-4325.protonmail.ch 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, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H4=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_PASS=-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:147561 Archived-At: Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Friday, August 9th, 2024 at 10:30 AM, Drew Adams = wrote: > > > Some people get confused over the args to` add-to-list', > > > in particular, that it's a function, so it evaluates its > > > args, so if you want to provide a variable literally > > > then you need to quote it. > >=20 > > Are you referring to quoting LIST-VAR ? >=20 >=20 > Yes. >=20 > > add-to-list expects the first argument to be the > > symbol of a list variable, not the list itself. >=20 >=20 > Yes. >=20 > Which is why, if you want to pass a variable's > symbol literally, you need to quote it: 'SYMBOL > evals to SYMBOL. >=20 > Arg LIST-VAR in code can be any sexp. It need not > be something as obvious as 'var. There should not be the problem you mention for the case of load-path because all instances show that it is customarily quoted.