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[PATCH] Always print commas and comma-ats specially

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Message #29 received at 72334 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 72334 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, Thuna <thuna.cing <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#72334: [PATCH] Always print commas and comma-ats specially
Date: Wed, 12 Feb 2025 09:32:19 +0100

On Feb 11 2025, Stefan Kangas wrote:

> BTW, I note that while in ELisp
>
>     ,bar
>
> prints as
>
>     (\, bar)

(car ',bar) => \,

> in Scheme it prints as the somewhat nicer
>
>     (unquote bar)

(car ',bar) => unquote

They just use different symbols to implement the \, reader macro.

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