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bug#49785: [DOC] About Lisp Data Types
From: |
Kevin Vigouroux |
Subject: |
bug#49785: [DOC] About Lisp Data Types |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Jul 2021 20:52:05 +0200 |
Some expressions about data types are convoluted or could be more
expressive.
[[info:elisp#Some Terms]]
[...] that convert textual representations of Lisp objects into
actual Lisp objects, and vice versa.
[[info:elisp#Lisp Data Types]]
Objects of the same type have similar structures and may usually be
used in the same contexts.
[...] the primitive type of each object is implicit in the object
itself.
[...] Such type declarations do not exist in Emacs Lisp. A Lisp
variable can have any type of value, and it remembers whatever value
you store in it, type and all.
I would have phrased it differently.
“The representation of a Lisp program is fundamental. At a high level,
the operation of the program is represented by its components. At a low
level, a Lisp program is a collection of routines which process data
found in the source files. Globally, a Lisp program is a set of
expressions formed with objects: data structures, lists and symbols.”
- bug#49785: [DOC] About Lisp Data Types,
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