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bug#4400: 23.1.50; char-syntax
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From: |
martin rudalics |
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Subject: |
bug#4400: 23.1.50; char-syntax |
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Date: |
Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:16:21 +0200 |
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User-agent: |
Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) |
> In GNU Emacs, characters and integers are one and the same. So the
> text you suggest would make things even more confusing.
Admittedly, the Elisp manual seems more aware of Andreas' problem and
does "use `string' to make it easier to see the character returned by
`char-syntax'".
> A Lisp code that needs to test against character syntax class should
> use ?w etc. ?w is another way to say 119.
We could pretend that a person who doesn't know that should not use
`char-syntax'. But we could also be more helpful, for example, by
providing a link to the manual.
martin