scratch/intern-without-shorthands 201520c0f4f: etc/NEWS: Document the change in `intern` and shorthands

Stefan Monnier via Mailing list for Emacs changes <[email protected]> Wed, 22 Jul 2026 15:57:47 -0400 (EDT)

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branch: scratch/intern-without-shorthands
commit 201520c0f4f33b4d8659f539a48dc519532a4075
Author: Stefan Monnier <[email protected]>
Commit: Stefan Monnier <[email protected]>

    etc/NEWS: Document the change in `intern` and shorthands
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 etc/NEWS | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 85d1af8d71c..1a1f6771905 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ To install the grammars, use 'M-x markdown-ts-mode-install-parsers'.
 
 * Incompatible Lisp Changes in Emacs 32.1
 
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+** 'intern' and 'intern-soft' ignore 'read-symbol-shorthands'.
+This means they revert to the behavior of Emacs<28.
+In those cases where shorthands need to be obeyed, you now need to use
+'shorthands-intern', 'shorthands-intern-soft', or 'shorthands-to-longhand'.
+And 'shorthands-of-symbol' provides the reverse mapping.
+
 ** Pcase
 
 +++