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Re: [DOC] About Lisp Data Types
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Kevin Vigouroux |
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Re: [DOC] About Lisp Data Types |
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Sun, 01 Aug 2021 19:31:24 +0200 |
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> Date: Sun, 01 Aug 2021 15:00:16 +0200
>> From: Kevin Vigouroux via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
>> <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
>>
>> In other languages, an expression is text; it has no other form. In
>> Lisp, an expression is primarily a Lisp object and only secondarily the
>> text that is the object’s read syntax. Often there is no need to
>> emphasize this distinction, but you must keep it in the back of your
>> mind, or you will occasionally be very confused.
>>
>> • An expression is a Lisp object which gives its meaning.
>> • An expression cannot be understood in its original form (text).
>>
>> It makes no sense at first.
>
> If you read the manual's text for what it is, it makes perfect sense.
> The two bullets are your own, they are not in the text.
>
I'm just trying to give my feedback as recommended in the Elisp manual.
But on the other hand, rewriting the text can become difficult.
--
Best regards,
Kevin Vigouroux
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