GNU bug report logs - #40693
28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 03:01:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed, patch

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: "Basil L. Contovounesios" <contovob <at> tcd.ie>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #29 received at 40693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Ivan Andrus <darthandrus <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 40693 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: 28.0.50; json-encode-alist changes alist
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 13:35:25 -0700

[Message part 1 (text/plain, inline)]
> I still find it surprising that a back-quoted list would behave that way

Me too. This should be documented better, and to try to do that I installed the 
attached patch into the emacs-27 branch (this should appear on the master branch 
after the next merge).

[0001-Document-that-quoting-yields-constants.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]
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