bug#4118: 23.1; eval-last-sexp-print-value is inconvenient

[Eli Barzilay <eli@barzilay.org>]

On Aug 17, Juri Linkov wrote:
> >   A prefix of
> >     1 (or just C-u) -> output a plain number into the buffer
> >     2 -> number + alternative radix outputs into the buffer
> >     3 -> number + alternates + character into the buffer
> >     -1, -2, -3 -> same as above, but for the echo area
> >   And the above always behaves the same.
> >
> >   *No* prefix means:
> >     show the plain number output in the echo area on first use
> >     number + alternates on second use (with no prefix, of course)
> >     number + alternates + character on the third use.
> 
> Then maybe the same scheme should be applied to `eval-expression'
> (`M-:') as well.

Yes, that sounds good to me.

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