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28.2; Undocumented `intern-soft` feature with shorthands symbols

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From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: thievol <at> posteo.net, 59082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59082: 28.2; Undocumented `intern-soft` feature with shorthands symbols
Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 17:18:57 +0000

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Of course. And for blue the programmer should just use the names of the
symbols there, as always. Shorthands are not the names of symbols, as i
keep reminding.

If the docstring reader is ever enhanced, then maybe programmers can refer
to symbols there using shorthands. Until then, shorthands are Lisp-only.

On Sat, Nov 12, 2022, 17:01 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:

> > From: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
> > Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2022 16:46:51 +0000
> > Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 59082 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > Hmm, not sure we should be using shorthands in docstrings, which aren't
> read by the Lisp reader, but by
> > something else... This is what is at stake, right?
>
> References to functions and variables in doc strings are a matter of
> routine.
>

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