[Emacs-diffs] emacs-26 1602262 4/8: Clarify effect of print-gensym (Bug#27776)

[Noam Postavsky]

branch: emacs-26
commit 16022626ba86eb96e12b7d919edfb50912cb26bd
Author: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>
Commit: Noam Postavsky <address@hidden>

    Clarify effect of print-gensym (Bug#27776)
    
    * src/print.c (syms_of_print) <print-gensym>: Clarify that use of #N#
    and #N= constructs depends on the value of `print-circle'.
---
 src/print.c | 8 ++++----
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index 47cb33d..d140f99 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -2371,10 +2371,10 @@ I.e., (quote foo) prints as \\='foo, (function foo) as 
#\\='foo.  */);
   DEFVAR_LISP ("print-gensym", Vprint_gensym,
               doc: /* Non-nil means print uninterned symbols so they will read 
as uninterned.
 I.e., the value of (make-symbol \"foobar\") prints as #:foobar.
-When the uninterned symbol appears within a recursive data structure,
-and the symbol appears more than once, in addition use the #N# and #N=
-constructs as needed, so that multiple references to the same symbol are
-shared once again when the text is read back.  */);
+When the uninterned symbol appears multiple times within the printed
+expression, and `print-circle' is non-nil, in addition use the #N#
+and #N= constructs as needed, so that multiple references to the same
+symbol are shared once again when the text is read back.  */);
   Vprint_gensym = Qnil;
 
   DEFVAR_LISP ("print-circle", Vprint_circle,