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25.3; eshell/kill does not understand -<signal>

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Message #33 received at 29156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eric Skoglund <eric <at> pagefault.se>
To: 29156 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  29156 <at> https:
Cc: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>, Pierre Neidhardt <ambrevar <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#29156: 25.3;
 eshell/kill does not understand -<signal>, [PATCH] Make eshell/kill
 handle -<signal> and -<SIGNALNAME>
Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2018 20:19:27 +0100

Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> Saw that Eli also agreed, for future reference when do we want to use
>> `make-symbol` vs `intern`?
>
> Usually, `make-symbol' is only for macros, where you want a symbol that
> is not `eq' to any other.  Sometimes it's handy for making a unique
> object at run-time.  In this case, since we only care about the symbol
> name, it doesn't really matter, it's just a bit surprising to see it
> because it's usually a mistake in a non-macro context.

Thanks for the clarification!

PS. Not sure why I'm not seeing my replies in debbugs-gnu so sorry for the
extra work in forwarding them. Tried changing the To header to the bug
mail adress, let's se if that works.

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