From: Pankaj Jangid <pankaj@codeisgreat.org>
To: <tomas@tuxteam.de>
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Elisp - quoting or not?
Date: Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:01:43 +0530 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2mtys1ljk.fsf@codeisgreat.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201205085701.GA21503@tuxteam.de> (tomas@tuxteam.de's message of "Sat, 5 Dec 2020 09:57:01 +0100")
<tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:
> On Sat, Dec 05, 2020 at 07:12:59AM +0100, An Liu wrote:
>> sorry, typo
>>
>> abcd `(ab cd) should be
>>
>> abcd `(,ab ,cd)
>
> Or just
>
> abcd (list ab cd)
>
> (I'd slightly prefer this one, since your -- totally correct --
> `(,ab ,cd) variant suggests that there's some quoting going on,
> which could be a bit misleading. But that's just a matter of
> taste).
I too prefer the (list ab cd) approach. backquote and comma means there
is quoting but with exceptions. In this case first two are cons cells
and last one is a list. But true, it /is/ a matter of taste.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-12-05 12:31 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-12-05 5:15 Elisp - quoting or not? David Masterson
2020-12-05 6:12 ` An Liu
2020-12-05 6:12 ` An Liu
2020-12-05 8:57 ` tomas
2020-12-05 12:31 ` Pankaj Jangid [this message]
2020-12-05 6:14 ` Alexis Roda
2020-12-06 2:11 ` David Masterson
2020-12-05 6:21 ` Teemu Likonen
2020-12-05 6:42 ` Arthur Miller
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