Re: Corrupted score files with ... symbols

[Katsumi Yamaoka <yamaoka@jpl.org>]

>>>>> In <b9ysmaevxqq.fsf@jpl.org> Katsumi Yamaoka wrote:

>>>>>> In <877jrqf6xn.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>
>>>>>>	Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> wrote:

>> * Katsumi Yamaoka:

>>> The change seems to affect pp (or pp-to-string).  Since pp is
>>> being used also in the other Gnus modules, shouldn't we apply
>>> the same change to them, either?

>> I'm not sure.  `gnus-prin1', for example, has been deliberately
>> written to cope with non-nil values of `print-length'.  Some callers
>> might bind `print-circle' in ddition to `print-length' and try to
>> print cyclic data structures.

> I'm not sure too, but in fact, I saw print-* variables were
> sometimes changed from the default values by a mysterious reason
> even though I never changed them.  I think binding all print-*
> variables to the defaults is better for a prevention for an
> accident and the overhead does not impose a burden because pp is
> not fast.  Isn't it a good opportunity to clear an anxiety away?
> How about making of gnus-pp and gnus-pp-to-string? ;-)

I've done.  I didn't bind `print-circle' because non-nil value
of it is harmless, and it may be useful since it reduces the
size of the .newsrc.eld file, for example.