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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>,
	Philip Kaludercic <philipk@posteo.net>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>,
	Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com>,
	"emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: Question about eval and compile-command
Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 21:35:39 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <SJ0PR10MB54889032D8B4CB2864A57218F308A@SJ0PR10MB5488.namprd10.prod.outlook.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87tttfq14n.fsf@igel.home>

> > In retrospect, shouldn't the type be be a string or a function?
> 
> Not a function, but a form.

A string is a form too...

   A Lisp object that is intended for
   evaluation is called a "form"

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/elisp/Intro-Eval.html



  reply	other threads:[~2023-08-03 21:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-08-03  9:29 Question about eval and compile-command Eshel Yaron
2023-08-03  9:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-03 15:14   ` Stefan Monnier
2023-08-03 16:23     ` Eshel Yaron
2023-08-03 17:24       ` Stefan Monnier
2023-08-03 20:02     ` Philip Kaludercic
2023-08-03 20:39       ` Stefan Monnier
2023-08-03 21:14       ` Andreas Schwab
2023-08-03 21:35         ` Drew Adams [this message]
2023-08-04  5:40           ` [External] : " Eli Zaretskii
2023-08-04  6:51           ` Andreas Schwab
2023-08-04  7:00             ` Philip Kaludercic

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