GNU bug report logs - #44554
27.1; Feature request: SRFI-62 style comments for Emacs Lisp.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Vladimir Nikishkin <lockywolf <at> gmail.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Nov 2020 14:05:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 57966

Found in versions 27.1, 28.1

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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: Vladimir Nikishkin <lockywolf <at> gmail.com>, Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>, 44554 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44554: 27.1; Feature request: SRFI-62 style comments for Emacs Lisp.
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 2020 10:16:42 -0800 (PST)

> > No, not without modification. For example, #; would be treated as #
> > and a comment removing the rest of the line by most existing lexers.
> > And it's not just my code.
> 
> Sure, it would be a new feature, and older lexers wouldn't understand
> the new grammar, but that's true of (almost) any new language feature.

If we had reader macros, and more generally a
user-configurable reader, like Common Lisp, then
maybe (?) users could adapt (e.g. disable or
whatever) such new constructs programmatically,
with Lisp.

Of course, if that were added then there would
at least be a one-time adaptation to it needed.
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