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read-from-minibuffer sets print-escape-newlines; why?

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Subject: bug#31251: closed (read-from-minibuffer sets print-escape-newlines;
 why?)
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:32:02 +0000

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#31251: read-from-minibuffer sets print-escape-newlines; why?

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: 31251-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: read-from-minibuffer sets print-escape-newlines; why?
Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:31:51 -0700

I removed the code lines in question and am closing bug#31251. See the 
thread containing:

https://lists.gnu.org/r/emacs-devel/2018-04/msg00654.html

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: read-from-minibuffer sets print-escape-newlines; why?
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 14:31:55 -0700

read-from-minibuffer and related functions set print-escape-newlines in 
the minibuffer, but there's no clear reason why: these functions do not 
call 'prin1' or 'print' directly, and setting print-escape-newlines 
affects behavior only in seemingly unrelated areas, such as code 
executed indirectly via activate-input-method or minibuffer-setup-hook. 
If there's no need to set print-escape-newlines then it shouldn't be 
set; if there is a need, the need should be documented. For now I'll add 
a FIXME comment about this to Emacs master.

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