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29.0.50; Last sexp notion is different for eval-last-sexp and pp-eval-last-sexp

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From: Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 54537 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#54537: 29.0.50; Last sexp notion is different for
 eval-last-sexp and pp-eval-last-sexp
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2022 21:25:52 +0530

[வெள்ளி, மார்ச் 25, 2022] Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote:

> Visuwesh <visuweshm <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
>> The notion of "last sexp" is different for eval-last-sexp and
>> pp-eval-last-sexp as seen by the following,
>>
>>     ,(list 1 2 3)
>>
>> eval-last-sexp echoes (1 2 3) in the echo area but pp-eval-last-sexp
>> signals an error.  I am not sure which one is more correct, but
>> eval-last-sexp behaviour is more convenient (and backward-sexp when
>> after the closing parenthesis places the point after , too...).
>
> I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.

Great, thanks!

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