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

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Tom Gillespie <tgbugs <at> gmail.com>, 55645 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55645: src/print.c; print_object changes make it impossible to compare elisp code across versions
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 13:22:45 +0200

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Of course you are wrong, since we changed prin1 without affecting
> read.  We could also change both prin1 and read such that what the
> former produces the latter can consume, as long as the "usual" Lisp
> code can still be read without any problem.

This was a month ago, and I think the conclusion here is that we don't
want to add an option to tweak this printing behaviour (or guarantee
that we won't change printing in general), so I'm closing this bug
report.

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