From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#7146: (make-symbol "") issues Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:24:13 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4CA6B2BE.7070705@gmail.com> <4CA7D1E3.90800@gmail.com> <87k4m0giy4.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <4CA7FC00.5080905@gmail.com> <87fwwn3opr.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87bp7bfu3c.fsf@gnu.org> <87iq1jfhre.fsf@stupidchicken.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1310662371 5333 80.91.229.12 (14 Jul 2011 16:52:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:52:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 7146@debbugs.gnu.org, Frank , Chong Yidong To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 14 18:52:45 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhP9Y-0001wX-UP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:52:45 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41015 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhP9X-0000si-V8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:52:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:35984) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhOiq-00040N-GF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:25:12 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhOil-0000Sj-4Z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:25:08 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:52340) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QhOik-0000SY-QZ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:25:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhOik-0004B9-7k; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:25:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:25:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 7146 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 7146-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B7146.131066066816024 (code B ref 7146); Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:25:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 7146) by debbugs.gnu.org; 14 Jul 2011 16:24:28 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhOiB-0004AO-D8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:24:27 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QhOi9-0004AB-6E for 7146@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:24:25 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (frontend1.mail.intern.m-online.net [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4FFFD188B594; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:24:18 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 605701C00143; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:24:18 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id QBbUEcUAzHFS; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:24:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-93-104-151-223.dynamic.mnet-online.de [93.104.151.223]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:24:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 501) id E4CDECA293; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 18:24:13 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: Finally, Zippy drives his 1958 RAMBLER METROPOLITAN into the faculty dining room. In-Reply-To: (Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen's message of "Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:25:06 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:25:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:49036 Archived-At: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen writes: > Even though this is obscure, this is a bug that can crash (some builds > of) Emacs. So I rather think this should be fixed. Was any work done > towards adding a printed representation of empty-string symbols? What would be a good mnemonic? We need two different representations (interned and uninterned), perhaps ## and #= ? 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."