Subject: bug#63722: 29.0.91; (elisp) Skip to end #@00 does not work

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 26 May 2023 11:56:12 +0200

Mattias Engdegård <[email-masked]> writes:

Hi Mattias,

>>> The undocumented #@00 behaviour has indeed been co-opted by parts of
>>> the community as an 'pretend end-of-file occurs here' mechanism,
>> 
>> Should this be documented then?
>
> I don't think we should do that right now -- the behaviour (read as
> nil) is not ideal and should not be made permanent; we still have the
> option to change it (but not in emacs 29, of course).
>
> We could also come up with a less obscure replacement syntax, given
> that there may be a genuine need.

Everything right. But it is used meanwhile in the wild ... perhaps we
should document then, that this usage is deprecated?

Best regards, Michael.