GNU bug report logs - #55645
src/print.c; print_object changes make it impossible to compare elisp code across versions

Previous Next

Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Gillespie <tgbugs <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 25 May 2022 23:13:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo, wontfix

Done: Tom Gillespie <tgbugs <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

Full log

View this message in rfc822 format

From: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Tom Gillespie <tgbugs <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 55645 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55645: src/print.c; print_object changes make it impossible to compare elisp code across versions
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 19:53:08 +0800

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

> It was mostly an aesthetic change, but sometimes aesthetics are
> important.  People do use dot characters in symbols, but it's confusing
> to see Emacs display these in a weird way -- so they may be discouraged
> from doing so when that's a natural thing to do.

FWIW, I don't see how it's natural to use dots in symbols.  It certainly
feels weird to me.

Symbol names should ideally consist of the punctuation characters
"-+=*/", letters and digits.
This bug report was last modified 2 years and 311 days ago.

Previous Next

GNU bug tracking system
Copyright (C) 1999 Darren O. Benham, 1997,2003 nCipher Corporation Ltd, 1994-97 Ian Jackson.