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Re: prin1-to-string noescape parameter


From: Oleh Krehel
Subject: Re: prin1-to-string noescape parameter
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2014 21:11:55 +0100

Hi Andreas,

>> One issue that I'm facing is:
>>
>>     (prin1-to-string (read "(foo.bar baz?)"))
>>     => "(foo\\.bar baz\\?)"
>
> Why is that an issue?  The strings represent objects that will compare
> equal.

The issue is that if I have `foo.bar` in the code, and then I re-format
my code by:

- read text
- delete text
- manipulate lisp object
- insert manipulated lisp object

And now my code contains `foo\.bar`, although I don't want it.

regards,
Oleh



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