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

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From: Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: tgbugs <at> gmail.com, 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: Mon, 11 Jul 2022 23:04:29 -0400

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  > 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.

Did we implement something else to make it easier to compare
structures including hash tables, for equal contents?

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