Re: GNU Emacs raison d'etre

[Eli Zaretskii]

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> From: Dmitry Gutov <address@hidden>
> Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 22:22:53 +0300
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> > eval-last-sexp uses prin1 to display the result, so it is not
> > affected, as intended.
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> But aren't all echo area displays targeted at the user anyway?
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> I'm not saying the current behavior is necessarily "broken", but perhaps 
> we could enhance it further.

The intent was to affect messages that are a "surprise" for the user.
eval-last-sexp is invoked by the user, so no surprise here.