;; 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 ',
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)))
;; 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