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[PATCH] Always print commas and comma-ats specially

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Message #26 received at 72334 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Thuna <thuna.cing <at> gmail.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 72334 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#72334: [PATCH] Always print commas and comma-ats specially
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2025 18:57:25 -0800

Thuna <thuna.cing <at> gmail.com> writes:

>> Thuna, I didn't study your patch very deeply yet but the first thing
>> that stands out is that there are no tests.  Any chance you could look
>> into that?
>
> Sure.  It's somewhat late here so I'll write those tomorrow.

Thanks!

> What should quote and function do?  That is, should it be (foo . 'bar)
> or (foo quote bar)?

I don't have a strong opinion on that.  A priori, I think what we have
now is fine, but let's see what other people think.

BTW, I note that while in ELisp

    ,bar

prints as

    (\, bar)

in Scheme it prints as the somewhat nicer

    (unquote bar)

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