From: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2@gmail.com>
To: 27776@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#27776: 26.0.50; `print-gensym' doesn't work as advertised
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 21:46:16 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAArVCkR+qDbW2zYrXXmtsjDEidMd75x2+8sF6CDtgCwDmkubAw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Philipp <p.stephani2@gmail.com> schrieb am Do., 20. Juli 2017 um 23:32 Uhr:
>
> The docstring of `print-gensym' says:
>
> When the uninterned symbol appears within a recursive data structure,
> and the symbol appears more than once, in addition use the #N# and #N=
> constructs as needed, so that multiple references to the same symbol are
> shared once again when the text is read back.
>
OK, so you could read this as "the numbering is only used for recursive
data structures". But I don't understand why; it seems equally appropriate
for non-recursive data structures.
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-07-20 21:30 bug#27776: 26.0.50; `print-gensym' doesn't work as advertised Philipp
2017-07-20 21:46 ` Philipp Stephani [this message]
2017-07-21 1:17 ` Michael Heerdegen
2017-07-21 2:21 ` npostavs
2018-01-31 3:39 ` Noam Postavsky
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