GNU bug report logs - #11904
24.1.50; error byte compiling (defvar :foo ':foo), regression from 23.4

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>

Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 23:23:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 24.1.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> IRO.UMontreal.CA>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 11904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Michael Welsh Duggan <md5i <at> md5i.com>
Cc: 11904 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#11904: 24.1.50;
	error byte compiling (defvar :foo ':foo), regression from 23.4
Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 09:38:33 +0200

That's because (defvar :foo ':foo) is written as (defvar :foo :foo) in
the elc file, which defvar doesn't allow.  byte-compile-file-form-defvar
no longer calls byte-compile-form via byte-compile-keep-pending which
would handle it correctly (and emit a warning).  When adding a doc
string the bug also happens in emacs < 24.

Andreas.

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