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Re: prin1-to-string noescape parameter
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Andreas Schwab |
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Re: prin1-to-string noescape parameter |
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Date: |
Fri, 31 Oct 2014 21:51:45 +0100 |
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Oleh Krehel <address@hidden> writes:
> The issue is that if I have `foo.bar` in the code, and then I re-format
> my code by:
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> - read text
> - delete text
> - manipulate lisp object
> - insert manipulated lisp object
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> And now my code contains `foo\.bar`, although I don't want it.
By passing the text through the lisp reading you are discarding all
redundancy, so it is impossible in general to get back the original
representation.
Andreas.
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