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| -rw-r--r-- | src/libzisp/parser.zig | 12 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/libzisp/parser.zig b/src/libzisp/parser.zig index 9e70614..08f2be0 100644 --- a/src/libzisp/parser.zig +++ b/src/libzisp/parser.zig @@ -55,12 +55,14 @@ // A separate process called "decoding" can transform simple data structures, // consisting of only the above types, into a richer set of Zisp data types. // -// For example, the decoder may turn (#hash ...) into a vector. Some runes may -// be decoded in isolation rather than as part of a list, which is how #true and #false are implemented. +// For example, the decoder may turn (#hash ...) into a vector, as one would +// expect a vector literal like #(...) to work in Scheme. // -//It also -// interprets common rune invocations like (#quote ...) to implement the -// traditional quoting mechanism, but in a better way: +// Runes may be decoded in isolation as well, rather than transforming a list +// whose head they appear in. This is how #true and #false are implemented. +// +// The decoder interprets (#quote ...) to implement the traditional quoting +// mechanism, but in a better way: // // Traditional quote is "unhygienic" in Scheme terms. An expressoin such as // '(foo bar) will always be read as (quote (foo bar)) regardless of what sort |