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

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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: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: 23130 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names
Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2016 08:57:14 +0200

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

> The name of the symbol is "foo.", not "foo\.".

Both refer to the same symbol, as does "\foo.".

> Or better yet, to remove all ambiguity, even for characters such as SPC
> in the function name, enclose the name in `...':

The name as printed is already unambigous.

Andreas.

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