From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 31623@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment"
Date: Tue, 29 May 2018 19:32:23 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87a7sica2g.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ced8994e-9130-4150-8411-61cdf5c4def4@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 28 May 2018 07:35:00 -0700 (PDT)")
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> From the text of index entry "; in comment" I would expect a node that
> talks about the use of `;' inside a comment. I cannot imagine what
> other sense someone might make of this index-entry text.
>
> But the target of the index entry, node `Comments', does not seem to
> say anything about a `;' character inside a comment.
As far as I can tell, it refers to this sentence:
In Lisp, a semicolon (`;') starts a comment if it is not
within a string or character constant.
So, if it is not "within a string or character constant" then the
semicolon is in a comment.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-05-29 23:32 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-05-28 14:35 bug#31623: 27.0; Elisp manual, index entry "; in comment" Drew Adams
2018-05-29 23:32 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2018-05-29 23:47 ` Drew Adams
2018-05-30 0:14 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-05-30 0:38 ` Drew Adams
2018-05-30 1:58 ` Noam Postavsky
2018-05-30 2:23 ` Drew Adams
2018-06-20 12:48 ` Noam Postavsky
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