GNU bug report logs - #24295
24.5; RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK has punctuation syntax in Elisp, but acts like a symbol constituent

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 22:33:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.5

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 24295 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: 24295 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#24295: 24.5; RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK has punctuation
 syntax in Elisp, but acts like a symbol constituent
Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2016 15:46:40 -0700 (PDT)

> In an Emacs-Lisp buffer or in *scratch*, use `C-u C-x =3D' on this
> character: =A1=AF (RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK).  It tells you that its
> syntax is punctuation.
> 
> But (setq foo (intern "ab=A1=AFcd=A1=AFef")) shows that it acts like a
> symbol-constituent character.

That certainly didn't paste well into my mail client, I guess.

The character in question is RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK.  It showed
up in my message as =A1=AF, for some reason.  Trying again (it _looks_
OK in my mail message, before I send it, at least):

’’’’’’’’’’’
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