bug#45428: 27.1; (quote (quote (quote ...))) unexpectedly works as anonymous face

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 19:49:35 +0200
> From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
> Cc: larsi@gnus.org, stefan@marxist.se, triska@metalevel.at,
>  45428@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> > Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2020 09:45:20 -0800 (PST)
> > From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
> > Cc: triska@metalevel.at, drew.adams@oracle.com, larsi@gnus.org,
> >         stefan@marxist.se, 45428@debbugs.gnu.org
> > 
> > Shouldn't that just mean that the bug remains open?
> 
> I'm not sure I agree that there is a bug.

Or maybe I should turn the table and ask: what bug do you see with
this recipe, and what would you like to see instead?

To be specific, here's the recipe:

  emacs -Q
  M-x font-lock-mode RET
  M-: (insert (propertize "hello" 'face (quote (quote '(:height 10.0))))) RET