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Re: Update of pcase docs for the elisp manual


From: Michael Heerdegen
Subject: Re: Update of pcase docs for the elisp manual
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2016 15:22:58 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

> > and 'VAL is also spelled (quote VAL).
>
> This probably means that 'quote' shouldn't be documented as a separate
> pattern, as that is a technicality which is much more likely to
> confuse than to help understanding.  Unless, that is, there are
> important scenarios where using (quote FOO) in a pattern is required
> where it isn't a trivial replacement for 'FOO.  Do you know about such
> scenarios?

It should not do harm if you avoid to spell out 'FOO as (quote FOO) in
any docs, I think.


Michael.




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