From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de>
Cc: 13678@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#13678: 24.2.93; pcase: mention list-like QPatterns in the doc
Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:43:57 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvliavzkx3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87d2w8xdn6.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:49:33 +0100")
> Sure, `(QPAT1 . QPAT2)' also matches lists - but `(QPAT1 . QPAT2)' and
> `(QPat1 ...QPatn)' are different forms (expressions)
Actually, no, they are identical:
(QPAT1 QPAT2 QPAT3) is indistinguishable from
(QPAT1 . (QPAT2 . (QPAT3 . nil)))
the equivalence between the two is imposed by the reader, long before we
know that these things will be "patterns in a pcase" rather than
expressions, or data in a quoted thingy, ...
Stefan
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2013-02-10 17:49 bug#13678: 24.2.93; pcase: mention list-like QPatterns in the doc Michael Heerdegen
2013-02-11 1:43 ` Stefan Monnier [this message]
2013-02-11 13:37 ` Michael Heerdegen
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