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[45.2.119.34]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id w124-v6sm2149409itb.3.2018.06.16.08.23.34 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sat, 16 Jun 2018 08:23:34 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <08fcc11f-3ae6-cc99-d56a-450fd773495b@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Sat, 16 Jun 2018 08:10:02 -0700") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:147511 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > A small problem: gensym does not guarantee that the resulting symbol > is unique so the generated symbol could in theory appear in the input What? gensym is a compiled Lisp function in =E2=80=98subr.el=E2=80=99. (gensym &optional PREFIX) Return a new uninterned symbol. ^^^ How could a new symbol have already appeared in the input? (I have no objection to the alternative you used, just wondering why gensym is not also correct)