bug#7146: (make-symbol "") issues

[Chong Yidong]

Frank <some.frank@gmail.com> writes:

> Well I further found out that you have to actually (byte-compile-file)
> the above code in order for the bug to show up; compiling via
> (compile-defun) seems to work OK;

I can't reproduce this.  Could you detail the *exact* steps you took,
starting with `emacs -Q'?  Your description is too vague.