GNU bug report logs - #54797
27.1; "Old-style backquotes detected!" when there are no backquotes.

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Bruce Mardle <marblypup <at> yahoo.co.uk>

Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2022 17:40:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 28.1

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: Bruce Mardle <marblypup <at> yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: 54797 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#54797: 27.1; "Old-style backquotes detected!" when there are no backquotes.
Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2022 10:39:39 +0200

Bruce Mardle <marblypup <at> yahoo.co.uk> writes:

> Short version:
> Try to evaluate
> '(, foo)
> and you'll get (error "Old-style backquotes detected!"), which is
> confusing considering that the expression doesn't contain a backquote!

I can reproduce this in Emacs 27.1, but not in Emacs 28.1 (it just
evaluates to ((\, foo))), so I guess this has been fixed now.

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