C-h f in lisp-mode fails because of "invalid read syntax"

[Oliver Scholz]

Eval this:

(progn (switch-to-buffer (generate-new-buffer "*tmp*"))
       (insert ".")
       (lisp-mode)
       (call-interactively 'describe-function))

It matters if you want to look up a function's doc string
while point is inside of a yet-unfinished constant cons cell.

    Oliver
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