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From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
To: "N. Y." <ningyuan.sg@gmail.com>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Meaning of symbol prefixed with "#$"
Date: Sun, 28 May 2023 09:28:49 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87edn0x67j.fsf@elephly.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEavL=Xmm1p-iMkK2D1NW5bGHt2aQtW06_4_ZsrTqzN0osvRSA@mail.gmail.com>


Hi,

> Thanks so much for your suggestion! Can I ask for a name for these
> notations, #~ and #$? I would like to learn more about them, but they
> are difficult to Google for.

These are syntax for “gexp” and “ungexp”.  The Guix manual explains them
in great detail in the section 9.12 G-Expressions.

If you need more detail you can find it here:
https://inria.hal.science/hal-01580582/en

-- 
Ricardo


  reply	other threads:[~2023-05-29 15:21 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <CAEavL=UnjHtxpWmjE0sxMFV7QFYoRdNdov6=N-sfUKxfbeX3bg@mail.gmail.com>
2023-05-26 19:14 ` Meaning of symbol prefixed with "#$" Ricardo Wurmus
2023-05-27 23:31   ` N. Y.
2023-05-28  7:28     ` Ricardo Wurmus [this message]
2023-05-29  8:40       ` N. Y.

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