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“`(a \, b)” equals to “`(a . ,b)”

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From: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss <at> outlook.com>,
 "61281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <61281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#61281: “`(a \, b)” equals to “`(a . ,
 b)”
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:49:46 +0000

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

> ...  But only if they need to use a
> symbol named "," normally inside backquote -- a
> rare case, surely.

I recall one user had a need to macro-expand something that indented to
be passed to another macro-expand. We did not find a way to retain ","
in the macro-expanded sexp.

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