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> assume that I want to inspect a function whose return value is a
> long, deeply nested list.  I found this way to present it in a
> readable way:
>=20
> M-: (setq blah-blah (function-returning-hairy-stuff))
> C-h C-v blah-blah
>=20
> This seems a bit awkward, however.  Is there a better/cleaner way?

M-x pp-eval-expression