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Re: Reading sexp problem: Invalid read syntax: "?"


From: David PONCE
Subject: Re: Reading sexp problem: Invalid read syntax: "?"
Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 08:21:51 +0100 (MET)

Richard Stallman wrote:
>     However, it does seem plausible (or proven) that existing code does
>     indeed use the "single space" syntax so maybe we need to relax the
>     parser so that it only checks the token following a NON-whitespace
>     character constant.
>
> It makes me sad to agree to this, but looking at the amount of
> practical impact that the change has had, I think I have to agree.

Would it make sense to issue warnings in such cases, saying that that use of 
"single space" syntax is not correct, and won't be supported in future versions 
of Emacs?

David






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