GNU bug report logs - #79485
31.0.50; Loaded files inherit read-symbol-shorthands

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Message #29 received at 79485 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: David Rosenbaum <djr7c4 <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 79485 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, joaotavora <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#79485: 31.0.50; Loaded files inherit read-symbol-shorthands
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 22:25:07 +0300

> From: David Rosenbaum <djr7c4 <at> gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2025 10:04:21 -0700
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 79485 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Also they were designed to abbreviate prefixes, not full symbol names, so the db idea is probably not
> going to work. As far as I remember, these things were well explained in the manual...
> 
> Intended or not, shorthands are being used this way by packages authors. For example, see cond-let and
> llama.

So maybe we should improve our documentation to explicitly recommend
against such practices.

Emacs gives Lisp programmers enough rope to hang themselves, but
hanging themselves is probably not what they want.

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