GNU bug report logs - #68568
transient.el interns potentially enormous symbols as commands

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2024 11:51:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: wontfix

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #14 received at 68568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Psionic K <psionik <at> positron.solutions>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 68568 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Psionic K <psionik <at> positron.solutions>,
 Jonas Bernoulli <jonas <at> bernoul.li>
Subject: Re: bug#68568: transient.el interns potentially enormous symbols as
 commands
Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 16:29:07 +0900

> long descriptions of infix commands

That's a user choice btw.  Anyone can make long symbols through a
variety of means that are out of control of any package.  They can
definitely take alternative routes to avoid creating long symbols in
transient.

200 and how many instances?

> transient.el works just fine with make-symbol instead of intern.

It sounds like you have a patch ready for the upstream.  Bon appetit:
https://github.com/magit/transient
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