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

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Message #26 received at 33441 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>
To: Peter Milliken <peter.milliken <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 33441 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, npostavs <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#33441: reading and printing Lisp Objects - what changed from
 25.3.1 to 26.1?
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2018 03:27:23 +0000

Peter Milliken <peter.milliken <at> gmail.com> writes:

> I think perhaps you might want to put more information/warnings in
> section 19 of the Elisp manual because it is obviously not true
> anymore that you can simply Print/Read any arbitrary Lisp Object.

FWIW, this has been outlined in (info "(elisp) Streams Intro") since
before Emacs 24.  Having said that, more information never hurts.

-- 
Basil

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