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bug#18909: 24.4.50; unexpected (prin1-to-string '(foo "bar") t)
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#18909: 24.4.50; unexpected (prin1-to-string '(foo "bar") t) |
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Date: |
Fri, 31 Oct 2014 20:21:00 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) |
Oleh <ohwoeowho@gmail.com> writes:
> To my surprise,
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> (prin1-to-string '(foo "bar") t)
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> evaluates as "(foo bar)". This seems like a bug to me, since it doesn't
> conform to the doc (it's not the printed representation of the OBJECT any
> more).
"This function outputs quoting characters when necessary to make output
that `read' can handle, whenever possible, unless the optional second
argument NOESCAPE is non-nil."
Escaping is about _all_ quotation, not only the backslash. It's the
difference between prin1 and princ.
Andreas.
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