Re: evaluating numbers

[Robert Pluim]

>>>>> On Tue, 19 Nov 2019 01:08:14 -0500, Richard Stallman <address@hidden> 
>>>>> said:

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    >> We could just as easily enclose the name in quotes.

    Richard> That might complicate Lisp mode parsing of Lisp code, if we give 
more
    Richard> meanings to quotes.  For instance, if we want the \N syntax to be 
used
    Richard> inside a string constant, using doublequotes for this would cause 
complicaions.
    Richard> Using singlequotes would cause other complications.

Iʼm not following. This is about the output of `what-cursor-position',
itʼs not about changing the existing ?\N{} syntax, which I donʼt think
anyone has proposed.

Robert