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>

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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 7146 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Frank <some.frank <at> gmail.com>, Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#7146: (make-symbol "") issues
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:24:13 +0200

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

> Even though this is obscure, this is a bug that can crash (some builds
> of) Emacs.  So I rather think this should be fixed.  Was any work done
> towards adding a printed representation of empty-string symbols?

What would be a good mnemonic?  We need two different representations
(interned and uninterned), perhaps ## and #= ?

Andreas.

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