Re: with-standard-io-syntax

[Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>]

> The introduction of print-length and print-level requires the CL-like
> macro with-standard-io-syntax which would bind these (and all the future
> variables which break read-back consistency) to nil.
> Right now, (rgrep "print-length nil" "*.el" "~/src/emacs/trunk/" nil)
> produces two dozen places where print-length is bound to nil and a quick
> examination shows that the set of variable which need to be bound to nil
> for print-read consistency is not uniformly understood.
> I already have been bitten by this, and I think others will be sooner
> rather than later.

We could/should probably ignore print-length when print-circle is
non-nil.


        Stefan