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bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names
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Andreas Schwab |
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bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names |
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Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:41:42 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
On Feb 08 2022, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:
> Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:
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>>> Why is `prin1' quoting the "." anyway? It's not a special character for
>>> the Lisp reader, is it?
>>
>> The following characters are always escaped in a symbol:
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>> if (c == '\"' || c == '\\' || c == '\''
>> || c == ';' || c == '#' || c == '(' || c == ')'
>> || c == ',' || c == '.' || c == '`'
>> || c == '[' || c == ']' || c == '?' || c <= 040
>> || c == NO_BREAK_SPACE
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> But why "."?
Because it is special to the reader.
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