GNU bug report logs - #61281
“`(a \, b)” equals to “`(a . ,b)”

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss <at> outlook.com>, "61281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <61281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>, Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Subject: bug#61281: “`(a \, b)” equals to “`(a . , b)”
Date: Mon, 06 Feb 2023 01:18:54 +0100

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de> writes:

> You mean the reader should emit a warning?  Note that at least
> expressions printed by Emacs itself might be printed like this, e.g.
>
>   (nth 1 '`(a . ,b)) ==> (a \, b)
>
> so you would get warnings for automatically generated code.

An example is even in the original report.

Maybe the printer could be taught to print (... . ,X) in this form
instead of (... \, X).

Michael.

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