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Re: elementary: how to display a ' in a docstring


From: Uwe Brauer
Subject: Re: elementary: how to display a ' in a docstring
Date: Sat, 07 May 2016 21:08:23 +0000
User-agent: Gnus/5.130016 (Ma Gnus v0.16) Emacs/25.1.50 (gnu/linux)

   > Uwe Brauer wrote:

   > No, because that setq form is a Lisp expression, and in Lisp the 
expression 'V
   > yields the value V, which means that the form sets the variable
   > vc-hg-symbolic-revision-styles to the value ("{rev}").

   > Quoting works for any value in Lisp code. Although there are common special
   > cases (e.g., integers) where the single-quote is not needed, in Lisp a
   > single-quote is the easiest way to quote an arbitrary value.

Ok but you complained, or seemed to complained that it is not good
style. So what is the recommended setting in the case I mentioned?



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