4 files changed, 33 insertions, 15 deletions

diff --git a/src/character.c b/src/character.c
index fa817a50317..4a934c7801c 100644
--- a/src/character.c
+++ b/src/character.c
@@ -1050,6 +1050,32 @@ blankp (int c)
   return XINT (category) == UNICODE_CATEGORY_Zs; /* separator, space */
 }
 
+
+/* Return true for characters that would read as symbol characters,
+   but graphically may be confused with some kind of punctuation.  We
+   require an escaping backslash, when such characters begin a
+   symbol.  */
+bool
+confusable_symbol_character_p (int ch)
+{
+  switch (ch)
+    {
+    case 0x2018: /* LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK */
+    case 0x2019: /* RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK */
+    case 0x201B: /* SINGLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK */
+    case 0x201C: /* LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK */
+    case 0x201D: /* RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK */
+    case 0x201F: /* DOUBLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK */
+    case 0x301E: /* DOUBLE PRIME QUOTATION MARK */
+    case 0xFF02: /* FULLWIDTH QUOTATION MARK */
+    case 0xFF07: /* FULLWIDTH APOSTROPHE */
+      return true;
+
+    default:
+      return false;
+    }
+}
+
 signed char HEXDIGIT_CONST hexdigit[UCHAR_MAX + 1] =
   {
 #if HEXDIGIT_IS_CONST
diff --git a/src/character.h b/src/character.h
index c716885d46b..d9e2d7bfc67 100644
--- a/src/character.h
+++ b/src/character.h
@@ -682,6 +682,8 @@ extern bool graphicp (int);
 extern bool printablep (int);
 extern bool blankp (int);
 
+extern bool confusable_symbol_character_p (int ch);
+
 /* Return a translation table of id number ID.  */
 #define GET_TRANSLATION_TABLE(id) \
   (XCDR (XVECTOR (Vtranslation_table_vector)->contents[(id)]))
diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index 28d4bf9a4fe..3b0a17c90be 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -3473,20 +3473,9 @@ read1 (Lisp_Object readcharfun, int *pch, bool first_in_list)
         if (!quoted && multibyte)
           {
             int ch = STRING_CHAR ((unsigned char *) read_buffer);
-            switch (ch)
-              {
-              case 0x2018: /* LEFT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK */
-              case 0x2019: /* RIGHT SINGLE QUOTATION MARK */
-              case 0x201B: /* SINGLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK */
-              case 0x201C: /* LEFT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK */
-              case 0x201D: /* RIGHT DOUBLE QUOTATION MARK */
-              case 0x201F: /* DOUBLE HIGH-REVERSED-9 QUOTATION MARK */
-              case 0x301E: /* DOUBLE PRIME QUOTATION MARK */
-              case 0xFF02: /* FULLWIDTH QUOTATION MARK */
-              case 0xFF07: /* FULLWIDTH APOSTROPHE */
-                xsignal2 (Qinvalid_read_syntax, build_string ("strange quote"),
-                          CALLN (Fstring, make_number (ch)));
-              }
+            if (confusable_symbol_character_p (ch))
+              xsignal2 (Qinvalid_read_syntax, build_string ("strange quote"),
+                        CALLN (Fstring, make_number (ch)));
           }
         {
           Lisp_Object result;
diff --git a/src/print.c b/src/print.c
index 0e1980d84be..71579673248 100644
--- a/src/print.c
+++ b/src/print.c
@@ -1971,7 +1971,8 @@ print_object (Lisp_Object obj, Lisp_Object printcharfun, bool escapeflag)
                     || c == ';' || c == '#' || c == '(' || c == ')'
                     || c == ',' || c == '.' || c == '`'
                     || c == '[' || c == ']' || c == '?' || c <= 040
-                    || confusing)
+                    || confusing
+                    || (i == 1 && confusable_symbol_character_p (c)))
                   {
                     printchar ('\\', printcharfun);
                     confusing = false;