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

Previous Next

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 18957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#18957: 25.0.50; document #: in Elisp manual
Date: Sat, 30 Apr 2016 17:02:06 +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.

I think most of these are explained in the sections where the objects
they describe appears, but it would be nice to have a section that just
describes them all, yes.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.