Subject: RE: “`(a \, b)” equals to “`(a . , b)”

From: Drew Adams <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 4 Feb 2023 23:34:48 +0000

Good catch!

`(a \, b) returns (a . <value-of-b>)

Looks like a bug to me.

The code in backquote.el that causes this is this bit
of the definition of function backquote-process:
(eq (car s) backquote-unquote-symbol), where the value
of variable backquote-unquote-symbol is the symbol \,