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: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 23425 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#23425: master branch: `message' wrongly corrupts ' to curly quote.
Date: Mon, 02 May 2016 18:25:41 +0200

Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:

> This has wasted a lot of time identifying the problem, and fruitlessly
> searching for a solution in the Emacs and Elisp manuals, etc.

Wow.  That's pretty egregious:

(message "'foo'")
=> "’foo’"

It's part of Paul grand War On Quotes, I guess.  I think this part
should be reverted, at least.

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