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Re: Questions about parser state


From: Stefan Monnier
Subject: Re: Questions about parser state
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2013 22:08:37 -0400
User-agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux)

> 1. What does the "quote character" mean?  Does it mean "'" in Lisp?  If
>    so, what about "," and "#"?

No, it's typically the \ char.

> 2. What is comment style ‘a’?  In (info "(elisp) Syntax Flags"): "A
>    comment style is a set of flags ‘b’, ‘c’, and ‘n’, so there can be up
>    to 8 different comment styles."  I can't find an ‘a’ style.

`a' is the comment style when neither `b' nor `c' is present.


        Stefan




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