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From: "N. Y." <ningyuan.sg@gmail.com>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net>
Cc: help-guix@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Meaning of symbol prefixed with "#$"
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 08:40:32 +0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAEavL=VXvpRTbf-cudBA34iXftnJ59WTnkdVv6LOEWQW1+YxtA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87edn0x67j.fsf@elephly.net>

Thanks so much, I'll read up!

On Sun, May 28, 2023 at 7:31 AM Ricardo Wurmus <rekado@elephly.net> wrote:

>
> 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 15:39 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
2023-05-29  8:40       ` N. Y. [this message]

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