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“`(a \, b)” equals to “`(a . ,b)”

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Message #86 received at 61281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: Ihor Radchenko <yantar92 <at> posteo.net>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>,
 Xie Shynur <one.last.kiss <at> outlook.com>,
 "61281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org" <61281 <at> debbugs.gnu.org>
Subject: RE: [External] : Re: bug#61281: “`(a \,
  b)” equals to “`(a . , b)”
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2023 16:46:21 +0000

> > ...  But only if they need to use a
> > symbol named "," normally inside backquote -- a
> > rare case, surely.
> 
> I recall one user had a need to macro-expand something that indented to
> be passed to another macro-expand. We did not find a way to retain ","
> in the macro-expanded sexp.

Thanks.  All the more reason why it would be good
for the bug to be fixed.  It may be a corner case,
but apparently it really exists.

[I'm guessing Emacs autocorrected "intended" to
"indented".]

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