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24.1; CL argument list error

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From: help-debbugs <at> gnu.org (GNU bug Tracking System)
To: Joe Wells <jbwells <at> blueyonder.co.uk>
Subject: bug#11719: closed (Re: bug#11719: 24.1; CL argument list error)
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 04:29:02 +0000

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Your bug report

#11719: 24.1; CL argument list error

which was filed against the emacs package, has been closed.

The explanation is attached below, along with your original report.
If you require more details, please reply to 11719 <at> debbugs.gnu.org.

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Joe Wells <jbwells <at> blueyonder.co.uk>
Cc: 11719-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11719: 24.1; CL argument list error
Date: Sat, 23 Jun 2012 00:24:57 -0400

Version: 24.2

>   (funcall (function* (lambda ((x . y)) (cons y x))) '(1 . 2))
> returns (2 . 1), as expected and documented.
> In Emacs 24.1, evaluating the above sexp yields this error message:
>   Wrong type argument: listp, y

Should be fixed now, thank you,


        Stefan

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From: Joe Wells <jbwells <at> blueyonder.co.uk>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.1; CL argument list error
Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 14:44:06 +0100

Dear Emacs maintainers and bug fixers,

In Emacs 22.1, evaluating

  (funcall (function* (lambda ((x . y)) (cons y x))) '(1 . 2))

returns (2 . 1), as expected and documented.

In Emacs 24.1, evaluating the above sexp yields this error message:

  Wrong type argument: listp, y

This happens because

  (cl--make-usage-args '((x . y)))

recursively descends into it argument list and evaluates this:

  (memq '&cl-defs '(x . y))

In the older Emacs, cl--make-usage-args did not even exist and only a
simpler portion of its code is present instead of the call to
cl--make-usage-args.  In particular, the recursive descent is missing.

I hope this bug report is somehow helpful.

By the way, I have personally worked around the bug by disabling
cl--make-usage-args completely, which is okay because it is only used
to build a doc string for the anonymous function.  I disabled it like
this:

  (defadvice cl--make-usage-args (around jbw-fix-brokenness activate))

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With my best wishes,

Joe Wells

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