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 22:22:52 +0200 Message-ID: <878qzk8nkz.fsf@igel.home> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14087"; 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 22:24:01 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 1sEahN-0003VP-CQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 22:24:01 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sEagQ-0007nD-3z; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:23:02 -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 1sEagO-0007mr-L6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:23:00 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1sEagM-0000b3-EH for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 04 Jun 2024 16:23:00 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Vv28Y4RLNz1qsPP; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 22:22:53 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.68]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4Vv28Y3StFz1qqlS; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 22:22:53 +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 WodKS5WPYmQI; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 22:22:52 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: kO/3LWXPsia0RdltzEe2RQMo1u6ILm+McNRru9ueMsp99Sbv/nd0W3KwRuqc+KdC Original-Received: from igel.home (aftr-82-135-83-117.dynamic.mnet-online.de [82.135.83.117]) (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 22:22:52 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8639B2C1AB5; Tue, 4 Jun 2024 22:22:52 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Tue, 4 Jun 2024 19:05:22 +0000") X-Yow: I left my WALLET in the BATHROOM!! Received-SPF: pass client-ip=212.18.0.9; envelope-from=whitebox@nefkom.net; helo=mail-out.m-online.net X-Spam_score_int: -23 X-Spam_score: -2.4 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.4 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.249, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=0.001, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=0.001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01 autolearn=ham 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:319827 Archived-At: On Jun 04 2024, Alan Mackenzie wrote: > As an example, in pp, the function pp-to-string does this. To see the > effect, try > > M-: (pp "foo \"bar\" baz") > > .. This gets printed correctly to the temporary buffer *temp* as: > > "foo \"bar\" baz" ;; (a 13 character string) > > , but buffer-string wrongly converts those literal characters to > > "foo \\\"bar\\\" baz" ;; (a 15 character string) That's not what I get. ELISP> (pp-to-string "foo \"bar\" baz") "\"foo \\\"bar\\\" baz\"" This string correctly represents the contents of the buffer. -- 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."