are braces `{` and `}` used at all in elisp?

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What is the convention for using { and } characters in Emacs Lisp if they are used at all?

Do macros make use of them?

choroba · Accepted Answer · 2018-09-26 07:18:19Z

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What I tried: I opened info for Elisp and started incremental search for {.

Among other, { is used

answered Sep 25 '18 at 18:08

choroba

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There is an index which makes this far easier. – wasamasa Sep 25 '18 at 19:30
@wasamasa: If you mean this, it doesn't contain { at all. – choroba Sep 25 '18 at 19:32
Yes, this is precisely the point. Braces do not carry any specific meaning. – wasamasa Sep 25 '18 at 19:35
The regular expression example should have more backslashes, e.g.: "\\.\\{3\\}" – npostavs Sep 25 '18 at 22:29
In what context is the third example encountered? Certainly not in raw elisp! But in doc strings, perhaps? – Harald Hanche-Olsen Sep 26 '18 at 6:14

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