GNU bug report logs - #10634
`forward-list' scan error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 00:02:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: confirmed

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Marcin Borkowski <mbork <at> mbork.pl>
To: 10634 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#10634: `forward-list' scan error
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 2016 22:02:11 +0100

On 2012-01-28, at 23:20, Raffaele Ricciardi <rfflrccrd <at> gmail.com> wrote:

> Error: "forward-list: Scan error: "Containing expression ends
> prematurely", 336, 336"
>
> How to reproduce it:
> - emacs -Q
> - switch to *scratch*
> - in the following code:
>
> (abc (def) (ghi) lmn)
>
> `forward-list' fails in different positions, for instance (| is point):
>
> (abc (|d|e|f|) (ghi) lmn)
>
> Software: GNU Emacs 23.3.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.20.1) of
> 2011-12-10 on debian

Hi all,

while I can easily reproduce this on current Emacs (25.1.50.1), I'm not
sure whether this is really a bug.  (Maybe it is a bug in the
docstring?)

Best,

-- 
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl/en
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