GNU bug report logs - #23425
master branch: `message' wrongly corrupts ' to curly quote.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Mon, 2 May 2016 15:26:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug, wontfix

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Dmitry Gutov <dgutov <at> yandex.ru>
To: emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Cc: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>, 23425 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23425: master branch: `message' wrongly corrupts ' to curly quote.
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 00:32:42 +0300

On 6/4/17 12:10 AM, Alan Mackenzie wrote:

>> I recall proposing something to that effect back in one of the original
>> discussions. E.g. GCC does that with its message function.
> 
> Can you see any disadvantage with such a change?

IIRC, it was waved away with complaints of verbosity.
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