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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 7146@debbugs.gnu.org, Frank <some.frank@gmail.com>,
	Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Subject: bug#7146: (make-symbol "") issues
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 16:25:06 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3y6012b3x.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <jwvaamuvplb.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (Stefan Monnier's message of "Mon, 04 Oct 2010 01:12:36 +0200")

Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>> I guess we could make intern and make-symbol signal errors for the empty
>> string.
>
> No, we should make them write some non-empty representation.

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?

-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2011-07-14 14:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2010-10-02  4:19 bug#7146: (make-symbol "") issues Frank
2010-10-03  0:44 ` Frank
2010-10-03  1:32   ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-03  3:44     ` Frank
2010-10-03  4:05       ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-03  4:14         ` Frank
2010-10-03  4:36         ` Juanma Barranquero
2010-10-03 10:28         ` Johan Bockgård
2010-10-03 14:55           ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-03 23:12             ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-14 14:25               ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2011-07-14 16:24                 ` Andreas Schwab
2011-07-17  3:16                   ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-17  8:15                     ` Andreas Schwab
2011-07-18 15:30                       ` Stefan Monnier
2011-07-21 19:25                         ` Chong Yidong
2011-07-28 21:11                           ` Andreas Schwab
2011-07-17 21:41                     ` David De La Harpe Golden
2010-10-03 18:45 ` MON KEY
2010-10-03 18:56   ` Chong Yidong
2010-10-03 23:48     ` MON KEY

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