GNU bug report logs - #27776
26.0.50; `print-gensym' doesn't work as advertised

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:32:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.0.50

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>
To: 27776 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27776: 26.0.50; `print-gensym' doesn't work as advertised
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:46:16 +0000

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Philipp <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Do., 20. Juli 2017 um 23:32 Uhr:

>
> The docstring of `print-gensym' says:
>
>    When the uninterned symbol appears within a recursive data structure,
>    and the symbol appears more than once, in addition use the #N# and #N=
>    constructs as needed, so that multiple references to the same symbol are
>    shared once again when the text is read back.
>

OK, so you could read this as "the numbering is only used for recursive
data structures". But I don't understand why; it seems equally appropriate
for non-recursive data structures.

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