From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#55395: What does (1 2 3 . #2) mean? Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 17:16:16 -0400 Message-ID: References: <4B70C9BE-B784-4B74-A081-7A8B3F8D5136@acm.org> <87ilq931ay.fsf@gnus.org> <715F3D50-7D11-47CF-A34B-6532F1F508D7@acm.org> <86345ABE-C19C-4096-8550-05E5B78D6C3A@acm.org> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8307"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/29.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 55395@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Ingebrigtsen To: Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?= Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed May 18 23:17:24 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1nrR2p-0001uV-SL for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 23:17:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54334 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nrR2o-0007xF-IS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 17:17:22 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:47380) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nrR2V-0007vB-CG for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 17:17:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:39893) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nrR2U-0006sY-P8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 17:17:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nrR2U-0004u1-I3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 17:17:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 18 May 2022 21:17:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 55395 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 55395-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B55395.165290858918798 (code B ref 55395); Wed, 18 May 2022 21:17:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 55395) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 May 2022 21:16:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33790 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nrR1w-0004t8-SZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 17:16:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mailscanner.iro.umontreal.ca ([132.204.25.50]:50144) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nrR1v-0004sp-84 for 55395@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 18 May 2022 17:16:27 -0400 Original-Received: from pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 4480D100596; Wed, 18 May 2022 17:16:21 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (unknown [172.31.2.1]) by pmg1.iro.umontreal.ca (Proxmox) with ESMTP id A28CC100139; Wed, 18 May 2022 17:16:19 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=iro.umontreal.ca; s=mail; t=1652908579; bh=EXVTjJ5H9GORKlB25HMQPuqKr4QLw49V8wjKbPrXKx0=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:References:Date:In-Reply-To:From; b=Rj+ahKiSyBrG8jMLLO7fj3BmRG3GfzJey5/EUA5lH57Cpll2uqo8bBlXJSsS/wUfZ oUliOlPLXS7QuUM0uChs+tvUBJ42oWjvobHssRILT73wexpTKXRBI5vW3kK9BjNXBk SHrfNSpXKMfZIHpYalAtLaFU0AYJDPXZfQPLlAS2NdPDp1DTZ0Bt6Czt6IkJM+HT7U B830qIIxT5mamOIKoJg5A373i/4ghPaWBrbeEUcYx0P5toH1mwpiubGOVJ686WHxnR 96LwCkLRnxfkB5SFIQHmZQEsEsIxItgv709Qov2GBKAaj+e6F5bpK7tq5XiFWWuM7Z 0c2VqskSu81EA== Original-Received: from alfajor (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by mail01.iro.umontreal.ca (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 8F38D120C63; Wed, 18 May 2022 17:16:19 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <86345ABE-C19C-4096-8550-05E5B78D6C3A@acm.org> ("Mattias =?UTF-8?Q?Engdeg=C3=A5rd?="'s message of "Wed, 18 May 2022 16:29:51 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:232603 Archived-At: > [(1 2 3 . #0)] > > could mean either > > [#1=3D(1 2 3 . #1#)] > > or > > #1=3D[(1 2 3 . #1#)] AFAIK it *should* mean the latter (#0 is the root of the overall printed object, not just the list). Mattias Engdeg=E5rd [2022-05-18 16:29:51] wrote: > Perhaps these attempts to generate a meaningful circularity reference is > a fool's errand and we should just go with #!circle! or something similar. Yup. But we don't shy away from playing the fools. Stefan