Subject: bug#12045: 24.1.50; semantic :: Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument syntax-table-p nil)

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:47:08 -0400

> Regarding the key bindings however, I think we can agree that the
> current situation needs improvement. The interactive commands usually
> assume that the buffer was correctly set up for parsing and hence raise
> some cryptic error if that isn't the case (see subject).

Right, the error message should be improved.

> So if the keybindings should simply stay enabled in all buffers if
> semantic-mode is active, I will have to add some
> `semantic-raise-error-if-unparsed' function at the beginning of every
> interactive function.

Also, compared to making the binding conditional, this has the advantage
that the error message can say *why* the binding doesn't work, contrary
to a laconic "<key> is undefined".

        Stefan