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bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names
From: |
Lars Ingebrigtsen |
Subject: |
bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names |
Date: |
Tue, 08 Feb 2022 08:04:13 +0100 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> (defun foo. () (message "FOOOOOO"))
>
> Put point somewhere on the name `foo.'.
> `C-h f'
> You see this message: Describe function (default foo.):
> ^^^^
>
> Hit `RET'. You see this output in *Help*:
>
> foo\. is a Lisp function.
>
> (foo\.)
>
> Not sure what others might think of this. The name of the symbol is
> "foo.", not "foo\.". This is correctly reflected in the prompt.
Why is `prin1' quoting the "." anyway? It's not a special character for
the Lisp reader, is it?
> (defun bar\ () (message "BARRRR"))
>
> `C-h f'
> Describe function (default bar ): RET
>
> bar\ is a Lisp function.
>
> (bar\ )
>
> Note that the first line here is not even correct - it should at least
> have another SPC char after the `\ '. The way it is written now, it
> suggests that the name is `bar\', i.e., that the symbol is bar\\.
I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.
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