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From: | Po Lu |
Subject: | bug#55645: src/print.c; print_object changes make it impossible to compare elisp code across versions |
Date: | Sat, 04 Jun 2022 19:53:08 +0800 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.91 (gnu/linux) |
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes: > It was mostly an aesthetic change, but sometimes aesthetics are > important. People do use dot characters in symbols, but it's confusing > to see Emacs display these in a weird way -- so they may be discouraged > from doing so when that's a natural thing to do. FWIW, I don't see how it's natural to use dots in symbols. It certainly feels weird to me. Symbol names should ideally consist of the punctuation characters "-+=*/", letters and digits.
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