From: daniela-spit@gmx.it
To: tomas@tuxteam.de
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Using variables $ma in expression 'let'
Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 21:15:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <trinity-e6e1d733-849c-4ee7-a6c8-4ced877b3547-1607285725759@3c-app-mailcom-bs11> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201206200220.GA3903@tuxteam.de>
> Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2020 at 9:02 PM
> From: tomas@tuxteam.de
> To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
> Subject: Re: Using variables $ma in expression 'let'
>
> On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 08:57:22PM +0100, daniela-spit@gmx.it wrote:
> > Notices that some code uses '$' in variable names.
> >
> > What is it about?
> >
> > (let ((deactivate-mark nil) $ma $mb)
>
> Seen from Lisp's point of view, it's just a plain normal variable.
>
> But perhaps the code author wants to convey something to you,
> the reader.
Thank you, I simply wondered if it was some special tag interpreted
by emacs.
Do authors usually try to convey that a variable is only part of a function?
> Cheers
> - t
>
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2020-12-06 19:57 Using variables $ma in expression 'let' daniela-spit
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