From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: MON KEY Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7146: (make-symbol "") issues Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 19:48:51 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87aamvw1e2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1286152376 7681 80.91.229.12 (4 Oct 2010 00:32:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 00:32:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7146@debbugs.gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 04 02:32:54 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P2Yz6-0008VS-JZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 04 Oct 2010 02:32:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52239 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P2YfN-0007dR-0J for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=43549 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P2YfE-0007FV-0u for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:12:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P2YeY-0002Q7-Cm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:11:39 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:56479) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P2YeY-0002Q2-BN for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 20:11:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P2YFl-0002tD-U9; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:46:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: MON KEY Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:46:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7146 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7146-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7146.128614954911101 (code B ref 7146); Sun, 03 Oct 2010 23:46:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7146) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Oct 2010 23:45:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P2YFY-0002t0-OW for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:45:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ww0-f46.google.com ([74.125.82.46]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P2YFX-0002sv-QP for 7146@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:45:48 -0400 Original-Received: by wwb31 with SMTP id 31so5618329wwb.15 for <7146@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:48:52 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.216.19.13 with SMTP id m13mr2176245wem.101.1286149731938; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 16:48:51 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.216.67.195 with HTTP; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 16:48:51 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87aamvw1e2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: V0ycS2fH6iG8qrOfwg0Z8cDOrJo X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 19:46:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:40686 Archived-At: On Sun, Oct 3, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Chong Yidong wrote: > MON KEY 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. So the potential for a crashed Emacs is rationale enough, whereas potential for an inexplicably hung and thoroughly corrupted Emacs is just grist for the mill? > There are plenty of > reasons to shoot yourself in the foot in Lisp in you're determined to do And a good deal of these apply equally even for the undetermined and un-intentioned, not to mention the ill-intentioned. > so; it's not profitable to address them unless a real world problem > surfaces. > OK. -- /s_P\