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authorRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1995-05-04 20:44:55 +0000
committerRichard M. Stallman <rms@gnu.org>1995-05-04 20:44:55 +0000
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('\`): Use backslash for reading the backquote.
(backquote-backquote-symbol): Likewise. (backquote): Doc fix.
Diffstat (limited to 'lisp/emacs-lisp')
-rw-r--r--lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el
index 0bc4b95d9ec..a285b1b3a42 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/backquote.el
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ For example (backquote-list* 'a 'b 'c) => (a b . c)"
;; A few advertised variables that control which symbols are used
;; to represent the backquote, unquote, and splice operations.
-(defvar backquote-backquote-symbol '`
+(defvar backquote-backquote-symbol '\`
"*Symbol used to represent a backquote or nested backquote (e.g. `).")
(defvar backquote-unquote-symbol ',
@@ -101,10 +101,10 @@ places where expressions are evaluated and inserted or spliced in.
For example:
-b => (ba bb bc) ; assume b has this value
-\(` (a b c)) => (a b c) ; backquote acts like quote
-\(` (a (, b) c)) => (a (ba bb bc) c) ; insert the value of b
-\(` (a (,@ b) c)) => (a ba bb bc c) ; splice in the value of b
+b => (ba bb bc) ; assume b has this value
+`(a b c) => (a b c) ; backquote acts like quote
+`(a (, b) c) => (a (ba bb bc) c) ; insert the value of b
+`(a (,@ b) c) => (a ba bb bc c) ; splice in the value of b
Vectors work just like lists. Nested backquotes are permitted."
(cdr (backquote-process arg)))
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ Vectors work just like lists. Nested backquotes are permitted."
;; GNU Emacs has no reader macros
;;;###autoload
-(defalias '` (symbol-function 'backquote))
+(defalias '\` (symbol-function 'backquote))
;; backquote-process returns a dotted-pair of a tag (0, 1, or 2) and
;; the backquote-processed structure. 0 => the structure is