Subject: bug#61281: “`(a \, b)” equals to “`(a . , b)”

From: Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2023 05:55:09 +0100

Michael Heerdegen <[email-masked]> writes:

> No evaluation by backquote, you mean?  Yes, you need to say `(a ,'\, b).
> Is this really different in other Lisps (isn't `,' a reader macro in
> Common Lisp)?

I mean, what should the Elisp reader return when reading ",foo"?  It
must be some expression, and backquote will have to handle this
expression differently than quote for the thing to work.

Michael.