bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> writes:

>>> The following characters are always escaped in a symbol:
>>>
>>>             if (c == '\"' || c == '\\' || c == '\''
>>>                 || c == ';' || c == '#' || c == '(' || c == ')'
>>>                 || c == ',' || c == '.' || c == '`'
>>>                 || c == '[' || c == ']' || c == '?' || c <= 040
>>>                 || c == NO_BREAK_SPACE
>>
>> But why "."?
>
> Because it is special to the reader.

Is it special to the reader inside a symbol?  I'm trying to come up with
an example and failing.

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