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Re: Elisp - quoting or not?
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Pankaj Jangid |
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Re: Elisp - quoting or not? |
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Sat, 05 Dec 2020 18:01:43 +0530 |
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<tomas@tuxteam.de> writes:
> On Sat, Dec 05, 2020 at 07:12:59AM +0100, An Liu wrote:
>> sorry, typo
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>> abcd `(ab cd) should be
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>> abcd `(,ab ,cd)
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> Or just
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> abcd (list ab cd)
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> (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.