Re: prin1-to-string noescape parameter

[Andreas Schwab]

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:
>>>
>>> - read text
>>> - delete text
>>> - manipulate lisp object
>>> - insert manipulated lisp object
>>>
>>> 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.
>
> Not possible in general, but the thing that I want can be done
> by changing slightly the condition at line 240 of print.c

No, you can't.  You have already discarded all necessary information.

Andreas.

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