Re: [Emacs-diffs] master 9ce1d38: Use curved quotes in core elisp diagnostics

[Paul Eggert]

Richard Stallman wrote:
> what benefit is there in putting
> any real curly quotes into those doc strings?

Format strings are easier to read and use, particularly by novices, if 
characters typically stand for themselves.  For example, typical Emacs users who 
type ‘C-h f length RET’ will see text with curved quotes like this in their 
*Help* buffers:

  ... To get the number of bytes, use ‘string-bytes’. ...

Users can cut this text from *Help* and paste it directly into their source 
code's doc strings; this is simpler than having to change those quotation marks 
to be grave accent and apostrophe.