bug#12270: 24.1.50; (elisp) Syntax Descriptors: "second character, if present"

[Andreas Schwab]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> This text does not seem correct to me.  At least it seems unclear.
>  
>  "The first character in a syntax descriptor must be a syntax class
>   designator character.  The second character, if present, specifies a
>   matching character (e.g. in Lisp, the matching character for `(' is
>   `)'); a space specifies that there is no matching character."
>  
> How can the second char be absent if the third char is present?

Which third character?

Andreas.

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