From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com>
Cc: Tom Gillespie <tgbugs@gmail.com>, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
55645@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#55645: src/print.c; print_object changes make it impossible to compare elisp code across versions
Date: Sat, 04 Jun 2022 15:35:53 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87v8tg5z5y.fsf@gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871qw4369w.fsf@yahoo.com> (Po Lu's message of "Sat, 04 Jun 2022 21:30:35 +0800")
Po Lu <luangruo@yahoo.com> writes:
> I find it hard to believe: why would changing the print syntax of
> symbols with dots make it more likely for people to use data types that
> have type names with those characters?
I've certainly been puzzled over the printed representation of these
symbols, and I've wondered whether I should use a transliteration scheme
(which isn't necessary), so I think it's likely that others have been,
too.
> Most of those are interned from strings (see fc_charset_table in
> ftfont.c), and not likely to either be printed or to be written by
> users.
Users will inevitably see symbols like this at some point or another.
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Thread overview: 32+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-05-25 23:12 bug#55645: src/print.c; print_object changes make it impossible to compare elisp code across versions Tom Gillespie
2022-05-26 12:03 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-26 15:56 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-05-27 10:33 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-27 19:19 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-05-28 10:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-28 17:54 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-05-29 13:15 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-05-29 15:14 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-05-29 21:03 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-06-04 9:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-06-04 11:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-04 11:53 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-06-04 12:09 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-04 12:18 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-06-04 13:14 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-06-04 13:30 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-06-04 13:35 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2022-06-04 13:47 ` Po Lu via Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors
2022-06-06 23:30 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-06-07 16:35 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-07-11 11:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-11 18:43 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-07-12 12:44 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-13 23:26 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-07-14 17:22 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-14 21:36 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-07-18 18:13 ` Tom Gillespie
2022-07-12 3:04 ` Richard Stallman
2022-07-12 12:45 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-07-13 3:16 ` Richard Stallman
2022-05-28 23:14 ` Richard Stallman
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