GNU bug report logs - #10657
24.0.93; (elisp) Parsing Expressions - what about numerals?

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:45:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 24.0.93

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> gnu.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 10657 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10657: 24.0.93;
	(elisp) Parsing Expressions - what about numerals?
Date: Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:51:54 +0800

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> "Basically, a sexp is either a balanced parenthetical grouping, a
> string, or a symbol name (a sequence of characters whose syntax is
> either word constituent or symbol constituent)."
>  
> What about numerals?

A numeral is also a sequence of characters whose syntax is either word
constituent or symbol constituent.  I tweaked this to make the meaning
more obvious.

> And `i' doesn't help at all with "s expression" or "s-expression" or
> "symbolic expression".  Or for that matter "balanced expression",

Fixed.
This bug report was last modified 13 years and 117 days ago.

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