GNU bug report logs - #69168
[BUG] 30.0.50; pp-emacs-lisp-code produces invalid elisp for backquoted forms

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2024 19:19:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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

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From: Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen <at> web.de>
To: No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 69168 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#69168: [BUG] 30.0.50; pp-emacs-lisp-code produces invalid elisp for backquoted forms
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2024 03:11:55 +0100

No Wayman <iarchivedmywholelife <at> gmail.com> writes:

> The backqoute and comma are not escaped, resulting in the error.
> It looks like the logic in pp--insert-lisp would need to be extended
> to account for backquoting constructs.

Indeed - the function formats the expression as a list.

The second problem is that the recursive calls of `pp--insert-lisp'
print symbols using `princ' (i.e., without quoting), so even the list
representation is wrong.

Michael.
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