Allow floats as 'pcase' QPATS

* lisp/emacs-lisp/pcase.el (\`): Extend semantics of QPATS to all
numbers.  Add a comment explaining why we disallow some atoms as
QPATS.
* doc/lispref/control.texi (Backquote Patterns): Update the paragraph
explaining QPATS.  Remove a sentence suggesting an analogy between
QPATS to self-quoting objects.
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Michael Heerdegen 2018-06-13 04:37:38 +02:00
parent fa9679ca48
commit 45ee24efed
2 changed files with 6 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -1090,12 +1090,10 @@ Matches if @var{expval} is a vector of length @var{m} whose
@item @var{symbol}
@itemx @var{keyword}
@itemx @var{integer}
@itemx @var{number}
@itemx @var{string}
Matches if the corresponding element of @var{expval} is
@code{equal} to the specified literal object.
Note that, aside from @var{symbol}, this is the same set of
self-quoting literal objects that are acceptable as a core pattern.
@item ,@var{pattern}
Matches if the corresponding element of @var{expval}

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@ -919,7 +919,7 @@ QPAT can take the following forms:
,PAT matches if the `pcase' pattern PAT matches.
SYMBOL matches if EXPVAL is `equal' to SYMBOL.
KEYWORD likewise for KEYWORD.
INTEGER likewise for INTEGER.
NUMBER likewise for NUMBER.
STRING likewise for STRING.
The list or vector QPAT is a template. The predicate formed
@ -949,7 +949,10 @@ The predicate is the logical-AND of:
`(and (pred consp)
(app car ,(list '\` (car qpat)))
(app cdr ,(list '\` (cdr qpat)))))
((or (stringp qpat) (integerp qpat) (symbolp qpat)) `',qpat)
((or (stringp qpat) (numberp qpat) (symbolp qpat)) `',qpat)
;; In all other cases just raise an error so we can't break
;; backward compatibility when adding \` support for other
;; compounded values that are not `consp'
(t (error "Unknown QPAT: %S" qpat))))
(provide 'pcase)