GNU bug report logs - #7146
(make-symbol "") issues

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Frank <some.frank <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2010 12:36:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Fixed in version 24.1

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #35 received at 7146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com>
Cc: 7146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#7146: (make-symbol "") issues
Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:56:53 -0400

MON KEY <monkey <at> sandpframing.com> writes:

> So, IIUC is the rationale for doing this is that there aren't really
> any particularly good reasons to intern the empty string given that
> the reader is incapable of reading it correctly?

The only reason is that it can lead to a crash.  There are plenty of
reasons to shoot yourself in the foot in Lisp in you're determined to do
so; it's not profitable to address them unless a real world problem
surfaces.
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