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27.1; (quote (quote (quote ...))) unexpectedly works as anonymous face

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Message #35 received at 45428 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: larsi <at> gnus.org, stefan <at> marxist.se, triska <at> metalevel.at,
 drew.adams <at> oracle.com, 45428 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: bug#45428: 27.1; (quote (quote (quote ...))) unexpectedly works
 as anonymous face
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:45:20 -0800 (PST)

> > Or are you suggesting that the behavior was an accident?
> 
> Yes!

Thanks; that wasn't clear to me.

> > what would be the argument for not fixing it
> 
> That no one submitted a patch to reimplement that code in a way that
> won't allow such constructs.

Shouldn't that just mean that the bug remains open?

Not having a fix submitted yet doesn't seem like a
good argument for deciding not to fix something.

Or did you perhaps mean that it's not an argument
for not fixing it, but it's (just) an explanation
for why it's not being fixed now?

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