GNU bug report logs - #36068
27.0.50; Warning: unescaped character literals `?)' detected, `?\)' expected!

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>

Date: Mon, 3 Jun 2019 02:28:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: confirmed, fixed, patch

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #22 received at 36068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: npostavs <at> gmail.com
Cc: michael_heerdegen <at> web.de, 36068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, npostavs <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#36068: 27.0.50;
 Warning: unescaped character literals `?)' detected, `?\)' expected!
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 17:51:10 +0300

> From: npostavs <at> gmail.com
> Date: Mon, 03 Jun 2019 09:50:47 -0400
> Cc: 36068 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
> 
> Ah, I think the problem can be triggered any time you `read' an unescaped
> literal outside of `load'.  E.g., from emacs -Q:
> 
>     M-: (read "?)") RET
> 
> or even just
> 
>     M-: ?) RET
> 
> Now any byte-compilation will report unescaped `?)'.

Maybe we should forcefully set it to nil at top level?
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