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master branch: `message' wrongly corrupts ' to curly quote.

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>, 23425 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel <at> gnu.org, Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>
Subject: bug#23425: master branch: `message' wrongly corrupts ' to curly quote.
Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:31:14 +0200

On Jun 05 2017, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> Suppose the same string is used for both messages and
> documentation. You're proposing %` in the former where ` is in the latter,
> so we would need distinct strings.People cut and paste between messages
> and doc strings, and it's possible there's even code that does this (I
> haven't checked). Using different quoting notations for the two kinds of
> strings will cause confusion and problems.

That's a bad argument.  A doc string already has completely different
special characters.

Andreas.

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