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‘describe-variable’ unconditionally let-binds ‘print-circle’ to t

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From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>, Sebastian Miele <iota <at> whxvd.name>, 64835 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#64835: ‘describe-variable’ unconditionally let-binds ‘print-circle’ to t 
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2023 14:24:58 +0200

15 aug. 2023 kl. 04.55 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>:

> And doing the opposite (i.e. starting from the non-print-circle output)
> seems a lot less obvious/natural :-(

Yes, well, we are probably in a minority wanting the technically precise information up-front, and even then it's true that in most cases any non-circular structure sharing is irrelevant.

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