From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: RE: print-circle and describe-variable Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2007 16:43:39 -0700 Message-ID: References: <461ACC08.3000301@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1176176874 11177 80.91.229.12 (10 Apr 2007 03:47:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 03:47:54 +0000 (UTC) To: Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Apr 10 05:46:58 2007 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Hb3XX-0000Yc-HL for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 10 Apr 2007 01:44:51 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hb3bP-000651-8e for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:48:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hb3bL-00064s-N1 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:48:47 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Hb3bJ-00064Y-Oa for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:48:46 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Hb3bJ-00064T-Jr for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:48:45 -0400 Original-Received: from rgminet01.oracle.com ([148.87.113.118]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Hb3XQ-00072B-Ug for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 19:44:45 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (rgmgw1.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.110]) by rgminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.6) with ESMTP id l39Nig4r001801 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:44:42 -0600 Original-Received: from acsmt350.oracle.com (acsmt350.oracle.com [141.146.40.150]) by rgmgw1.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.2.4/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id l39MVwjA021134 for ; Mon, 9 Apr 2007 17:44:41 -0600 Original-Received: from dhcp-4op11-4op12-west-130-35-178-179.us.oracle.com by acsmt351.oracle.com with ESMTP id 2601420281176162220; Mon, 09 Apr 2007 16:43:40 -0700 X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <461ACC08.3000301@gmail.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3028 X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-detected-kernel: Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:69251 Archived-At: > But the result I see is > > (#1=(2) #1#)((2) (2)) > > Why are the two printed representations of toto different? I think you are seeing: 1) the side-effect result of `prin1' printing, followed by 2) the returned value, printed normally. (#1=(2) #1#) is the former; ((2) (2)) is the latter.