From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Richard Stallman Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Reading sexp problem: Invalid read syntax: "?" Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:48:22 -0500 Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <3E26DA8D01636990@mel-rta9.wanadoo.fr> (added by postmaster@wanadoo.fr) Reply-To: rms@gnu.org NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1046253151 17597 80.91.224.249 (26 Feb 2003 09:52:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:52:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: storm@cua.dk Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18nyEY-0004Yt-00 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 10:52:14 +0100 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 18nyUv-0005OE-00 for ; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 11:09:09 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nyCl-0006pA-0C for emacs-devel@quimby.gnus.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:50:23 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nyCE-0006hG-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:49:50 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nyC9-0006dt-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:49:46 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18nyAp-0005wr-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:48:23 -0500 Original-Received: from rms by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.10) id 18nyAo-0001ap-00; Wed, 26 Feb 2003 04:48:22 -0500 Original-To: "David PONCE" In-reply-to: <3E26DA8D01636990@mel-rta9.wanadoo.fr> (added by postmaster@wanadoo.fr) (David.Ponce@wanadoo.fr) Original-cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+emacs-devel=quimby.gnus.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:11973 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:11973 Would it make sense to issue warnings in such cases, saying that that use of "single space" syntax is not correct, and won't be supported in future versions of Emacs? It would make sense to issue such warnings if we can arrange to do it in a way that is both helpful and not obnoxious. We could enable these warnings in the compiler only. Perhaps that would be sufficiently helpful and nonobnoxious.