From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: bug#23425: master branch: `message' wrongly corrupts ' to curly quote. Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:31:14 +0200 Message-ID: <87k24qgubx.fsf@linux-m68k.org> References: <83zis4h59w.fsf@gnu.org> <51a2ae75-71f7-10f6-ae2a-7c830bdf0a30@cs.ucla.edu> <17c1c00d-a275-5e61-0c47-6872a64a9347@cs.ucla.edu> <20170531212452.GA3789@acm.fritz.box> <07bf5f9d-e8cd-a4d9-1843-b488bfe0b92c@cs.ucla.edu> <20170602210209.GA3570@acm.fritz.box> <11c0adfb-7fdd-8d28-1a47-869e3e7043ea@cs.ucla.edu> <20170603205331.GA2130@acm.fritz.box> <20170605162737.GA30946@acm.fritz.box> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1496687521 16601 195.159.176.226 (5 Jun 2017 18:32:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 18:32:01 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) Cc: Alan Mackenzie , 23425@debbugs.gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org, Glenn Morris To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 05 20:31:56 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dHwnE-0003z5-Ag for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 20:31:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34644 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHwnJ-0001WQ-Dx for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:32:01 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54811) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHwml-0001WA-0k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:31:27 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHwmf-00046C-Vg for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:31:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:50307) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dHwmf-00045o-PR; Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:31:21 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3whNgX0MFJz1qv3l; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 20:31:19 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3whNgW3mqNz3jgY2; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 20:31:19 +0200 (CEST) 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 OncIAeX6CO8a; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 20:31:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Auth-Info: GIy1OElv4lTrizuHxTPvZba2NglxuI2b/jKNLF47quQ9WUHCfcman0Jka3oDWTR0 Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-88-217-4-216.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.4.216]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 20:31:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 9AC732C4CF6; Mon, 5 Jun 2017 20:31:14 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: LOOK!!! I'm WALKING in my SLEEP again!! In-Reply-To: (Paul Eggert's message of "Mon, 5 Jun 2017 11:19:06 -0700") X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 212.18.0.10 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:215456 Archived-At: On Jun 05 2017, Paul Eggert wrote: > Suppose the same string is used for both messages and > documentation. You're proposing %` in the former where ` is in the latter, > so we would need distinct strings.People cut and paste between messages > and doc strings, and it's possible there's even code that does this (I > haven't checked). Using different quoting notations for the two kinds of > strings will cause confusion and problems. That's a bad argument. A doc string already has completely different special characters. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."