From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7146: (make-symbol "") issues Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:56:53 -0400 Message-ID: <87aamvw1e2.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1286133119 6997 80.91.229.12 (3 Oct 2010 19:11:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2010 19:11:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7146@debbugs.gnu.org To: MON KEY Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 03 21:11:53 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P2TyR-0001gp-Rk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 21:11:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:38876 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P2TyR-0001fT-2Q for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:11:51 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=33715 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1P2TyG-0001dL-Ku for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:11:41 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P2TyE-0001O6-9G for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:11:40 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:47025) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1P2TyE-0001O1-79 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 15:11:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P2ThB-00016G-O1; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:54:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Chong Yidong Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7146 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7146-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7146.12861320324222 (code B ref 7146); Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:54:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7146) by debbugs.gnu.org; 3 Oct 2010 18:53:52 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P2Th2-000163-I1 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:53:52 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po26.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.121]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1P2Th0-00015y-Fw for 7146@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:53:51 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (173-9-75-145-NewEngland.hfc.comcastbusiness.net [173.9.75.145]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po26.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id o93IusUs026993 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 3 Oct 2010 14:56:54 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id D62E0C018; Sun, 3 Oct 2010 14:56:53 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (MON KEY's message of "Sun, 3 Oct 2010 14:45:39 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 03 Oct 2010 14:54:01 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:40680 Archived-At: MON KEY writes: > So, IIUC is the rationale for doing this is that there aren't really > any particularly good reasons to intern the empty string given that > the reader is incapable of reading it correctly? The only reason is that it can lead to a crash. There are plenty of reasons to shoot yourself in the foot in Lisp in you're determined to do so; it's not profitable to address them unless a real world problem surfaces.