bug#34975: 26.1.92; In backquote, the comma marker does not work with variable name started with dot

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Noam Postavsky <npostavs@gmail.com> writes:

>>>>> as far as I can tell, nobody really wants this
>>>>> destructive splicing feature.
>
>> I, for one, have several times found myself using nconc+list where I
>> would rather use backquote, precisely because the latter is never
>> destructive.
>
> Okay, I stand corrected.  But to be honest, that sounds like premature
> optimization to me.

That or dubious style, indeed. ;)

> By the way, in Bug#19790 Stefan opposed making ",."  destructive.
>
> https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=19790#23

My knee-jerk reaction is simply "if it's already there, why not realise
its purpose", but I ultimately don't mind either way.

-- 
Basil