Re: A question about read syntax and compiled backreferences

[Richard Stallman]

This issue is NOT about circular lists!

    OTOH, perhaps we could to the reverse: default print-circle to nil
    during byte-compilation, and add a variable to activate it for the few
    files that really need it.

No thanks.

The fix is needed to handle the code generated by legitimate macros
that put uninterned symbols into it.  People should not have to set a
flag to make calls to such macros work.