bug#53947: 29.0.50; tabulated-list-print, gives message of "1"

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

>> The tabulated-list buffers I use don't display a "1" message.
>> 
>> Do you have a recipe to reproduce this bug, starting from "emacs -Q"?
>> 
>> You can also try to (setq debug-on-message "1") to get a backtrace.
>
> I see in message buffer: 1 (#o1, #x1, ?\C-a) and it is not string, and
> debug-on-message is not invoked.
>
> How else could I find the cause?

So the line in the *Messages* buffer isn't "1", but

1 (#o1, #x1, ?\C-a)

?

This means that you have a call to a function that describes ?\1
somewhere in your code, is my guess.

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