From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#13678: 24.2.93; pcase: mention list-like QPatterns in the doc Date: Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:43:57 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87d2w8xdn6.fsf@web.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1360547093 26312 80.91.229.3 (11 Feb 2013 01:44:53 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:44:53 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 13678@debbugs.gnu.org To: Michael Heerdegen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Feb 11 02:45:14 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-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 1U4iSG-0002fv-TH for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 11 Feb 2013 02:45:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58608 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4iRx-0006xO-Fu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:44:53 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60288) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4iRu-0006xJ-EA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:44:51 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4iRp-0003h7-DI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:44:50 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:44134) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1U4iRp-0003gx-9X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:44:45 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U4iS6-0005ez-Am for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:45:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:45:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 13678 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 13678-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B13678.136054706021699 (code B ref 13678); Mon, 11 Feb 2013 01:45:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 13678) by debbugs.gnu.org; 11 Feb 2013 01:44:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49598 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U4iRP-0005du-P3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:44:20 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.182]:57151) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1U4iRO-0005do-4M for 13678@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:44:18 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFpZnt/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFpZnt/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="938567" Original-Received: from 69-165-153-237.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.153.237]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 10 Feb 2013 20:43:59 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 17D44594D4; Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:43:58 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87d2w8xdn6.fsf@web.de> (Michael Heerdegen's message of "Sun, 10 Feb 2013 18:49:33 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:71032 Archived-At: > 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