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

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.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: Wed, 09 Mar 2022 18:09:43 +0100

On Mär 09 2022, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> 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?

. and \. are different syntactic entities.

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