Re: [PATCH] Unicode Lisp reader escapes

[Oliver Scholz]

address@hidden (Kim F. Storm) writes:

> Oliver Scholz <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> We are discussing a *very* special case here; it affects only Emacs
>> Lisp source files, because compilation of those, so to say, "freezes"
>> the particular settings for unification/fragmentation in the *.elc
>> file.
>
> I really wonder why this has suddenly become such a big issue.
>
> In practice, these things have worked fine for ages, so why bother _now_
> when we should focus on finalizing the release of 22.1 ?

Unification and UCS fragmentation are new in Emacs 22.

[...]
> I would suggest to leave the entire issue for after the release!

I agree, in principle. IIRC, I was the first one here to suggest to
just document the issue and be done with it. But documenting it would
be a good idea. Something along the lines: "When using non-ASCII
characters in Emacs Lisp source files, beware that compilation
"freezes" some of your current settings for character unification
and/or fragmentation. This might exactly be what you want. But if you
compile Emacs Lisp files with the intention to give the compiled files
to other users, you should make sure that the following settings are
at their default value: ..."


    Oliver
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