From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: buffer-string considered as a Bad Thing. Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:24:36 +0200 Message-ID: <874ja88kq3.fsf@igel.home> References: <878qzk8nkz.fsf@igel.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="8571"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 04 23:26:09 2024 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@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 1sEbfU-00020i-Vp for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 23:26:08 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sEbeG-0006D4-At; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:24:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sEbeC-0006Bl-SE for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:24:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sEbe7-00056R-1U for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 17:24:47 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Vv3Wn5pfBz1s94j; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 23:24:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Vv3Wn4l8wz1qqlY; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 23:24:37 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavis at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.68]) (amavis, port 10024) with ESMTP id JySsXc4w41Li; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 23:24:37 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: DiwRL+52oIA54zI66xqZTdxemrFMimx+NLaC8RyVH4ejCTk8bLiYzDPTgdBZz4Ht Original-Received: from igel.home (aftr-82-135-83-251.dynamic.mnet-online.de [82.135.83.251]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 23:24:37 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id CD04E2C1AB5; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 23:24:36 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Tue, 4 Jun 2024 20:51:51 +0000") X-Yow: Join the PLUMBER'S UNION!! Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2001:a60:0:28:0:1:25:1; envelope-from=whitebox@nefkom.net; helo=mail-out.m-online.net X-Spam_score_int: 10 X-Spam_score: 1.0 X-Spam_bar: + X-Spam_report: (1.0 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_SBL_CSS=3.335, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:319829 Archived-At: On Jun 04 2024, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > That may well be, but the contents of that buffer don't reflect the > contents of the original string which was printed by pp. pp produces a *quoted* printed representation of the argument. ELISP> (read (pp-to-string "foo \"bar\" baz")) "foo \"bar\" baz" If you want to print the literal contents of a string use princ. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."