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bug#24982: 24.5; way to let Elisp reader ignore unreadable #(...) constr
From: |
Drew Adams |
Subject: |
bug#24982: 24.5; way to let Elisp reader ignore unreadable #(...) constructs |
Date: |
Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:28:32 -0700 (PDT) |
> The problem is when the thing inside the construct is unreadable, not
> when there's errors (in a syntactically valid form). For instance:
>
> (ignore-errors #0)
>
> In Common Lisp, this is the #| ... |# operator, and it's handy
> occasionally. It's really like a nesting comment thing...
Good point. I was thinking of #(...), but yes,
the situation is more general. It's about #
syntax that's found to be invalid, but for cases
where # nevertheless can tell where the sexp
parsing should end (and so can advance point there).