GNU bug report logs - #18957
25.0.50; document #: in Elisp manual

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2014 16:45:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in versions 26.0.91, 25.0.50

Fixed in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 18957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 18957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#18957: 25.0.50; document #: in Elisp manual
Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 20:58:54 +0200

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

> `#:' should be documented properly in the Elisp manual.  There are just
> a few in-passing references to it, which do not explain it.
>
> The Lisp reader should be documented well, from a user point of view,
> with everything affecting it explained - preferably in one place.
>
> That includes `#<', `#:', `#N=', `#N#', `#@COUNT', `#$', `#.', comments,
> number syntax (including non-10 radix), \-escaped newlines and spaces,
> hash tables.

#$ and #. doesn't seem to be things Emacs understands?  But I've now
added a new node that lists all the rest, which I think is a useful
overview.

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