GNU bug report logs - #37653
26.3; edbug backquoted dot is space sensitive

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2018 <at> jovi.net>

Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2019 01:42:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 29.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2018 <at> jovi.net>
Cc: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>, 37653 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#37653: 26.3; edbug backquoted dot is space sensitive
Date: Fri, 20 May 2022 12:52:18 +0200

Devon Sean McCullough <Emacs-Hacker2018 <at> jovi.net> writes:

> $ src/emacs --batch -Q --eval '(progn (message emacs-version) (insert "(defun x () `(t .,t))") (eval-defun t))'
> 26.3
> Invalid read syntax: "."

(I'm going through old bug reports that unfortunately weren't resolved
at the time.)

Or different reproduction:

(defun x () `(t .,t))

M-: (edebug-read-storing-offsets (current-buffer))

at the start of the line.  I haven't tried debugging this further --
perhaps it's obvious to Stefan what the problem might be; added to the CCs.

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