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.bugs Subject: bug#23130: 25.1.50; `C-h f' etc.: escaping in symbol names Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:41:42 +0100 Message-ID: <87ee4d1yqx.fsf@igel.home> References: <5f0de05c-33e6-4855-8603-19c0bd0c4c4e@default> <87czjxsutu.fsf@gnus.org> <87r18d201p.fsf@igel.home> <87k0e5r9is.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14097"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.91 (gnu/linux) Cc: 23130@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Tue Feb 08 11:37:17 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@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 1nHNs1-0003Iz-Si for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2022 11:37:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43878 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nHNs1-00038K-0U for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2022 05:37:13 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:59734) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nHN0c-00077v-Jg for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:42:02 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:51419) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1nHN0c-0006kD-9H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:42:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nHN0c-0004lu-4N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:42:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:42:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 23130 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: moreinfo Original-Received: via spool by 23130-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B23130.164431330918320 (code B ref 23130); Tue, 08 Feb 2022 09:42:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 23130) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 Feb 2022 09:41:49 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45316 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nHN0O-0004lQ-Oh for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:41:48 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]:37357) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1nHN0K-0004lF-Vm for 23130@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 Feb 2022 04:41:46 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4JtJ1g2n01z1r5hQ; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:41:43 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4JtJ1g2Vhnz1qqkt; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:41:43 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id Iw-o_Vmhg8sX; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:41:42 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: 72jEvPgRaEY86g59rnv6WNR1wSsOke45sCnWTvkAnfeDYvHV0ZE4nO764fA4IUL1 Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-179-201.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.179.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:41:42 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 1AFBA2C367A; Tue, 8 Feb 2022 10:41:42 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: Someone is DROOLING on my collar!! In-Reply-To: <87k0e5r9is.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 08 Feb 2022 10:29:47 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:226353 Archived-At: On Feb 08 2022, Lars Ingebrigtsen wrote: > Andreas Schwab writes: > >>> Why is `prin1' quoting the "." anyway? It's not a special character for >>> the Lisp reader, is it? >> >> The following characters are always escaped in a symbol: >> >> if (c == '\"' || c == '\\' || c == '\'' >> || c == ';' || c == '#' || c == '(' || c == ')' >> || c == ',' || c == '.' || c == '`' >> || c == '[' || c == ']' || c == '?' || c <= 040 >> || c == NO_BREAK_SPACE > > But why "."? Because it is special to the reader. -- 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."