14.15.3 @expansion{} (→): Indicating an Expansion

When an expression is a macro call, it expands into a new expression. You can indicate the result of the expansion with the @expansion{} command.

The @expansion{} command is displayed as ‘→’ in Info and HTML, and as a long arrow with a flat base in the printed output.

For example, the following

@lisp
(third '(a b c))
    @expansion{} (car (cdr (cdr '(a b c))))
    @result{} c
@end lisp

produces

(third '(a b c))
    → (car (cdr (cdr '(a b c))))
    ⇒ c

which may be read as:

(third '(a b c)) expands to (car (cdr (cdr '(a b c)))); the result of evaluating the expression is c.

Often, as in this case, an example looks better if the @expansion{} and @result{} commands are indented.