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;;; Commentary:
+;; When the Lisp reader sees `(...), it generates (\` (...)).
+;; When it sees ,... inside such a backquote form, it generates (\, ...).
+;; For ,@... it generates (\,@ ...).
+
;; This backquote will generate calls to the backquote-list* form.
;; Both a function version and a macro version are included.
;; The macro version is used by default because it is faster