GNU bug report logs - #16935
24.3.50; when tab-completing in 'M-x' : "Wrong type argument: numberp, nil"

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>

Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 14:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: patch

Merged with 16933, 16934

Found in version 24.3.50

Done: Bastien <bzg <at> altern.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Nicolas Richard <theonewiththeevillook <at> yahoo.fr>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.3.50;
 when tab-completing in 'M-x' : "Wrong type argument: numberp, nil"
Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:12:42 +0100

Hi,

Reproduce:
emacs -Q -f toggle-debug-on-error --eval '(execute-kbd-macro (kbd "M-x f o o C-a <tab>"))'

backtrace:
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument numberp nil)
  zerop(nil)
  minibuffer-completion-help(5 8)
[the rest is of no particular interest]

Possible fix (i.e. Work© Fo® Me™):

--- a/lisp/minibuffer.el
+++ b/lisp/minibuffer.el
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ variables.")
            (if completions "Sole completion" "No completions")))
 
       (let* ((last (last completions))
-             (base-size (cdr last))
+             (base-size (or (cdr last) 0))
              (prefix (unless (zerop base-size) (substring string 0 base-size)))
              (all-md (completion--metadata (buffer-substring-no-properties
                                             start (point))


-- 
Nico.
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