From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Marcin Borkowski Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How the backquote and the comma really work? Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:44:12 +0200 Message-ID: <87mvznfx21.fsf@mbork.pl> References: <87vbebg1fs.fsf@mbork.pl> <87r3ozy9pf.fsf@web.de> <87si9ffys0.fsf@mbork.pl> <87d20jbqbj.fsf@web.de> <87pp4jfx9y.fsf@mbork.pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1435257886 14289 80.91.229.3 (25 Jun 2015 18:44:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2015 18:44:46 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jun 25 20:44:39 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Z8C8c-00036U-UQ for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:44:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57051 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z8C8c-0008Tw-30 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:44:38 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60951) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z8C8R-0008Tq-4C for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:44:28 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z8C8O-0001w1-8v for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:44:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([2a01:5e00:2:52::8]:53537) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z8C8O-0001vr-1d for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 14:44:24 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 370426F2002 for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:44:23 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at mail.mojserwer.eu Original-Received: from mail.mojserwer.eu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mail.mojserwer.eu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id j9GfeWwVi6wL for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:44:21 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (ipz217.internetdsl.tpnet.pl [79.190.154.217]) by mail.mojserwer.eu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8B2B74F607B for ; Thu, 25 Jun 2015 20:44:20 +0200 (CEST) In-reply-to: <87pp4jfx9y.fsf@mbork.pl> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a01:5e00:2:52::8 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:105171 Archived-At: >>> > It's also a reader macro so that you can write >>> > >>> > `thing >> >>> Interesting. Where is that defined? >> >> Since you can't define reader macros via Emacs Lisp, it's hardcoded in >> the C sources, "lread.c" AFAICT. > > OK. I'll look into the manual on reader macros, I'm not fluent enough > in C to read that code. Wow. There seems to be nothing in either manual (the Emacs one and the Elisp one) about reader macros. Shouldn't this be considered a bug in the docs? >> Michael. > > Best, Best, -- Marcin Borkowski http://octd.wmi.amu.edu.pl/en/Marcin_Borkowski Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Adam Mickiewicz University