GNU bug report logs - #2967
smart quotes in .emacs

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Message #29 received at 2967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 2967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rgm <at> gnu.org, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca, acm <at> muc.de
Subject: Re: bug#2967: smart quotes in .emacs
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 12:20:59 +0300

> From: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
> Cc: 2967 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  rgm <at> gnu.org,  monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca,  acm <at> muc.de
> Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2017 20:49:39 -0400
> 
> > Please include the character itself in the error message text.
> >
> > Also, are we sure these two are the only ones we want to catch in this
> > manner?
> 
> I added some more likely looking ones from
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quotation_mark_glyphs.
> 
> > Finally, if this is accepted, let's have a test for this, and maybe
> > also some documentation, at least in NEWS.
> 
> 
> >From 438030f42698f347e38a9dea1561eedadd7e2edc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 19:59:09 -0400
> Subject: [PATCH v2] Signal error for symbol names with strange quotes
>  (Bug#2967)
> 
> * src/lread.c (read1): Signal an error when a symbol starts with a
> non-escaped quote-like character.
> * test/src/lread-tests.el (lread-tests--funny-quote-symbols): New
> test.
> * etc/NEWS: Announce change.

Thanks, this LGTM.  Please push.

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