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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2019-11-21 14:55:34 +0100
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2019-11-21 14:55:34 +0100
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Document the #' syntax
* doc/lispref/objects.texi (Special Read Syntax): Document the #' syntax (bug#38278).
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diff --git a/doc/lispref/objects.texi b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
index e07dc2ed069..716d7c920b0 100644
--- a/doc/lispref/objects.texi
+++ b/doc/lispref/objects.texi
@@ -123,6 +123,11 @@ Objects that have no read syntax are presented like this
The printed representation of an interned symbol whose name is an
empty string (@pxref{Symbol Type}).
+@item #'
+Expands to @code{function} and is commonly used to quote function
+symbols (as opposed to @samp{'} which is used to quote non-function
+symbols).
+
@item #:
The printed representation of an uninterned symbol whose name is
@var{foo} is @samp{#:@var{foo}} (@pxref{Symbol Type}).