看到别人的package代码里面都有用到冒号，这个带冒号的:symbol跟常见的(set 'aaa 5)有什么区别。
(defgroup everything nil
"Bridge to the Windows desktop search-engine everything. See http://www.voidtools.com."
:group 'external
:prefix "everything-")
(setq h-data '((:num 1 :key "apple")
(:num 9 :key "berry")
(:num 2 :key "cactus")
(:num 5 :key "dog")
(:num 4 :key "frog")))
argument list
这个argument 怎么读取的。
ELISP> (keywordp :a)
t
ELISP> (symbolp :a)
t
ELISP> (eq ':a :a)
t
ELISP> (set :a 1)
*** Eval error *** Attempt to set a constant symbol: :a
package自己解析的
搜索了一下，看了一下别人的代码，大概有点理解了，可以通过plist-get等函数读取。
(defun print-name (&rest args)
(let ((first (plist-get args :first))
(last (or (plist-get args :last) "?")))
(princ last)
(when first
(princ ", ")
(princ first))))
ELISP> (print-name :last "aaaa")
aaaa
ELISP> (print-name :first "aaaa")
?, aaaa
ELISP> (plist-get '(:first 1 :last 2) :last)
2 (#o2, #x2, ?\C-b)
刚好看到了这个：
(info "(elisp) Symbol Type")
A symbol whose name starts with a colon (‘:’) is called a “keyword symbol”. These symbols automatically act as constants, and are normally used only by comparing an unknown symbol with a few specific alternatives. *Note Constant Variables::.
(info "(elisp) Constant Variables")
In Emacs Lisp, certain symbols normally evaluate to themselves. These include ‘nil’ and ‘t’, as well as any symbol whose name starts with ‘:’ (these are called “keywords”). These symbols cannot be rebound, nor can their values be changed. Any attempt to set or bind ‘nil’ or ‘t’ signals a ‘setting-constant’ error. The same is true for a keyword (a symbol whose name starts with ‘:’), if it is interned in the standard obarray, except that setting such a symbol to itself is not an error.
就是说带冒号的 symbol (符号) 是一种特殊的 symbol。在 Emacs 中 会 evaluate 他们自己 (就是不会被改变么？)。
evaluate to themselves 就是对其求值会得到他们自己，也有叫self quoted的（因为quote的作用就是让eval一个(quote sym)的form可以返回sym自己。
动手试试：
(set ':aaa 5)
error-> Attempt to set a constant symbol: :aaa
所以说 :aaa 跟 aaa 的区别在于前者不能赋值，类似于 nil 和 t 也不能赋值。原因前面帖子有解释。
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