From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: daniela-spit@gmx.it Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Using variables $ma in expression 'let' Date: Sun, 6 Dec 2020 21:15:25 +0100 Message-ID: References: <20201206200220.GA3903@tuxteam.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30285"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: tomas@tuxteam.de Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Dec 06 21:16:48 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1km0Sc-0007l7-GA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 21:16:46 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57562 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1km0Sb-0002rU-Hi for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:16:45 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:56466) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1km0RU-0002rI-Km for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:15:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.17.20]:52259) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1km0RS-00030V-Sv for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:15:36 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=gmx.net; s=badeba3b8450; t=1607285725; bh=Gs0zl73t0x6ft99MRkiz5jM68ouk6/oqsSyZHxDP9sw=; h=X-UI-Sender-Class:From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:In-Reply-To:References; b=bdjf023ND6zeDop/99CRM4sGdK7eWMq3biFWlyNi0yNNNkMY97EiMVKAgWor0V1oG pPmzQIxzw+TbCgXDMG75oqN38aqK/tLNO8yBQgsKzJAmoPx0DpL309vS9t05IzLg7e +j/KmXXAI6IkTGGmNDXjzhsQ0cA3RzMMmWQ51SBU= X-UI-Sender-Class: 01bb95c1-4bf8-414a-932a-4f6e2808ef9c Original-Received: from [213.165.168.94] ([213.165.168.94]) by web-mail.gmx.net (3c-app-mailcom-bs11.server.lan [172.19.170.179]) (via HTTP); Sun, 6 Dec 2020 21:15:25 +0100 Importance: normal Sensitivity: Normal In-Reply-To: <20201206200220.GA3903@tuxteam.de> X-UI-Message-Type: mail X-Priority: 3 X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:sUFsxU3lRdndEDf00MItAQfxRGFHjP2PuBe5w1sm8iAkNo80WVwMgIwhT+L+tz0/NiDLA WIrNsKyfKsWHRMEDE9bOh262qT8HBAatbVtPuwhM9/VBUNJoiqil5JpzQeKCc9yeOdzD5XhCjDIf dOOHyQ77j/qRSop1T+swM49ES5iUUzZWVn1BKPHIs9WamGvq1cr3qAZqZcteNdekJJ/1fUCMO1Wo Yi924WB9XP32u3N1sljbTnqtI0jY3/y5ijpYQmaSyU0cd/gor9gT2GOgZ+w7JKGFAZl76S3MiC78 /4= X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V03:K0:C0mE7DKV7Xw=:1ez61PNPOdw8N5CgjxrLzj OwhsZwB+EJ2P3pb2BoYjsy8DRTvMSLyl6rhrowP7OwE9EnH4t7GrBQhBALCf/ClelaN+L3NvR TdbC3aba8i9Ot7XzlMtId9KL3rcYZcykWj3tl5FF0iGb0bDUfwC4IsOufLi0jHcMUMmGyf/IL BqKhiKvyQ+T1VlXAL9up2QGrqM1Hum+3mvTojbsNCcxHpbgkNOtlJT68lOjYF01s0xs7TQF4Y VyiP2JM2Bxjdokk4Lcna/F9e5lH66vuTMQKCmwJrA6oZvy85IChqKLJ6eFYGg+mUHTcRVkzDI dyNYB2uO+vD+AV9zNlFV+g0ZofKLVvBW30VYOmCxOvR8iH8XYkXKbhlI6MrCmIAIziXMEhe2f /eHbbK8QvNszqQFEEWGez0Ypxq7MnBb4sA2N6ipaggyQr7Scjp4Emi71gqTL2zGAFeTsHFkRk 2aKnaUtN6HEd5n5IZNPJbaSyXuA/L7wv8CJFXdRkxbA6LzUe4i1ZuRmFvO89PSvwmAQft5qvB ehn+LTYTW/1reXK3sOu3TbNQ7VoDzLKgzuC3XL+BS7yTkjd602AoI+KXqr4iOPwItbpDMCZjk SecS52xQxwmK8= Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.227.17.20; envelope-from=daniela-spit@gmx.it; helo=mout.gmx.net X-Spam_score_int: -25 X-Spam_score: -2.6 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.6 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H2=-0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.help:126105 Archived-At: > Sent: Sunday, December 06, 2020 at 9:02 PM > From: tomas@tuxteam.de > To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > Subject: Re: Using variables $ma in expression 'let' > > On Sun, Dec 06, 2020 at 08:57:22PM +0100, daniela-spit@gmx.it wrote: > > Notices that some code uses '$' in variable names. > > > > What is it about? > > > > (let ((deactivate-mark nil) $ma $mb) > > Seen from Lisp's point of view, it's just a plain normal variable. > > But perhaps the code author wants to convey something to you, > the reader. Thank you, I simply wondered if it was some special tag interpreted by emacs. Do authors usually try to convey that a variable is only part of a functio= n? > Cheers > - t >