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

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 23:26:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 25.1.50

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
Cc: 23130 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:29:47 +0100

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

>> 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:
>
> 		if (c == '\"' || c == '\\' || c == '\''
> 		    || c == ';' || c == '#' || c == '(' || c == ')'
> 		    || c == ',' || c == '.' || c == '`'
> 		    || c == '[' || c == ']' || c == '?' || c <= 040
> 		    || c == NO_BREAK_SPACE

But why "."?

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