Gemini Lasswell writes: > This could be fixed by updating the list in edebug-read-function of > characters that might possibly follow # to keep up with the changes to > read1 since the last time that list was updated (in 2001). But I think > it's better to remove the test entirely. If there is an invalid > character then read1 will report a syntax error. Ooops, attached the wrong patch. Here's the right one: