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diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el index 7be997e6469..7e164c0fe5c 100644 --- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el +++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el @@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ CASES is a list of elements of the form (PATTERN CODE...). A structural PATTERN describes a template that identifies a class -of values. For example, the pattern `(,foo ,bar) matches any +of values. For example, the pattern \\=`(,foo ,bar) matches any two element list, binding its elements to symbols named `foo' and `bar' -- in much the same way that `cl-destructuring-bind' would. @@ -119,12 +119,12 @@ A significant difference from `cl-destructuring-bind' is that, if a pattern match fails, the next case is tried until either a successful match is found or there are no more cases. -Another difference is that pattern elements may be backquoted, +Another difference is that pattern elements may be quoted, meaning they must match exactly: The pattern \\='(foo bar) matches only against two element lists containing the symbols `foo' and `bar' in that order. (As a short-hand, atoms always match themselves, such as numbers or strings, and need not be -quoted). +quoted.) Lastly, a pattern can be logical, such as (pred numberp), that matches any number-like element; or the symbol `_', that matches |