GNU bug report logs - #33441
reading and printing Lisp Objects - what changed from 25.3.1 to 26.1?

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Message #11 received at 33441 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
Cc: 33441 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Peter Milliken <peter.milliken <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: bug#33441: reading and printing Lisp Objects - what changed from
 25.3.1 to 26.1?
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2018 16:02:27 -0500

On Tue, 20 Nov 2018 at 15:57, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu> wrote:

> The syntax error occurs at the "#5" here:
>
> ... #s(#5 "" "" "" nil nil nil nil nil) (:custom-groups nil
> :documentation "Placeholder Class base." ...
>
> and you might want to investigate what is outputting "#5".

Standard Emacs printing functions will produce that for circular
structures if print-circle is nil (otherwise they use #5#).

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