2 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 43c9a9f6686..327597f366c 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2007-07-30  Richard Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
+
+        * lread.c (readevalloop, read1): Treat NBSP as whitespace.
+
 2007-07-29  Jan Dj,Ad(Brv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
 
         * gmalloc.c (__malloc_initialize): Remove pthread_once.  Not needed.
diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index ef999fac74c..20587c6759e 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -1501,7 +1501,8 @@ readevalloop (readcharfun, stream, sourcename, evalfun,
         }
 
       /* Ignore whitespace here, so we can detect eof.  */
-      if (c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\n' || c == '\f' || c == '\r')
+      if (c == ' ' || c == '\t' || c == '\n' || c == '\f' || c == '\r'
+          || c == 0x8a0)  /* NBSP */
         goto read_next;
 
       if (!NILP (Vpurify_flag) && c == '(')
@@ -2693,7 +2694,9 @@ read1 (readcharfun, pch, first_in_list)
       }
     default:
     default_label:
-      if (c <= 040) goto retry;
+      if (c <= 040) goto retry; 
+      if (c == 0x8a0) /* NBSP */
+        goto retry;
       {
         char *p = read_buffer;
         int quoted = 0;
@@ -2702,6 +2705,7 @@ read1 (readcharfun, pch, first_in_list)
           char *end = read_buffer + read_buffer_size;
 
           while (c > 040
+                 && c != 0x8a0 /* NBSP */
                  && (c >= 0200
                      || (!index ("\"';()[]#", c)
                          && !(!first_in_list && c == '`')