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Re: [External] : Re: Question about eval and compile-command
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Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
Re: [External] : Re: Question about eval and compile-command |
Date: |
Fri, 04 Aug 2023 08:40:05 +0300 |
> From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> CC: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
> Eshel Yaron <me@eshelyaron.com>,
> "emacs-devel@gnu.org" <emacs-devel@gnu.org>
> Date: Thu, 3 Aug 2023 21:35:39 +0000
>
> > > In retrospect, shouldn't the type be be a string or a function?
> >
> > Not a function, but a form.
>
> A string is a form too...
Methodologically, it is not good to rely on this, because many Emacs
users will not realize that. We never use "form" when we talk about
strings, for that very reason.
Using mathematical rigor when writing software documentation is almost
never a good idea, in practice.
- Question about eval and compile-command, Eshel Yaron, 2023/08/03
- Re: Question about eval and compile-command, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/08/03
- Re: Question about eval and compile-command, Stefan Monnier, 2023/08/03
- Re: Question about eval and compile-command, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/08/03
- Re: Question about eval and compile-command, Stefan Monnier, 2023/08/03
- Re: Question about eval and compile-command, Andreas Schwab, 2023/08/03
- RE: [External] : Re: Question about eval and compile-command, Drew Adams, 2023/08/03
- Re: [External] : Re: Question about eval and compile-command,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- Re: [External] : Re: Question about eval and compile-command, Andreas Schwab, 2023/08/04
- Re: [External] : Re: Question about eval and compile-command, Philip Kaludercic, 2023/08/04