GNU bug report logs - #14248
24.3.50; crappy error: "Wow, indirect keymap entry!!"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:31:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: moreinfo

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
Subject: 24.3.50; crappy error: "Wow, indirect keymap entry!!"
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2013 09:25:22 -0700

This error message, in keymap.c, is unhelpful and inappropriate:
 
      /* If the contents are (KEYMAP . ELEMENT), go indirect.  */
      else if (KEYMAPP (XCAR (object)))
 error ("Wow, indirect keymap entry!!");
      else
 return object;


In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600)
 of 2013-04-17 on ODIEONE
Bzr revision: 112320 monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca-20130418001233-g6wsqi5bpq2hsd0k
Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600
Configured using:
 `configure --with-gcc (4.7) --no-opt --enable-checking --cflags
 -IC:/Devel/emacs/build/include --ldflags -LC:/Devel/emacs/build/lib'
This bug report was last modified 11 years and 104 days ago.

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