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src/print.c; print_object changes make it impossible to compare elisp code across versions

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Message #61 received at 55645 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>
Cc: Tom Gillespie <tgbugs <at> gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,
 55645 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#55645: src/print.c; print_object changes make it impossible
 to compare elisp code across versions
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 15:35:53 +0200

Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com> writes:

> I find it hard to believe: why would changing the print syntax of
> symbols with dots make it more likely for people to use data types that
> have type names with those characters?

I've certainly been puzzled over the printed representation of these
symbols, and I've wondered whether I should use a transliteration scheme
(which isn't necessary), so I think it's likely that others have been,
too.

> Most of those are interned from strings (see fc_charset_table in
> ftfont.c), and not likely to either be printed or to be written by
> users.

Users will inevitably see symbols like this at some point or another.

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