GNU bug report logs - #17941
`define-method' special-cases zero-subform body

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Package: guile;

Reported by: Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer <taylanbayirli <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 22:58:01 UTC

Severity: minor

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From: Taylan Ulrich Bayirli/Kammer <taylanbayirli <at> gmail.com>
To: bug-guile <at> gnu.org
Subject: `define-method' special-cases zero-subform body
Date: Sat, 05 Jul 2014 01:57:13 +0300

The `define-method' macro (deferring to the `method' macro) in
modules/oop/goops.scm special-cases a method body of zero forms,
making it (if #f #f).  I don't know if this has a purpose in first
place, but the following fails nevertheless, making the special-case
seem moot and introducing an inconsistency:

(define-method (foo) (begin))

Related bug report:
http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=17940

Bug originally mentioned in:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/guile-user/2014-07/msg00007.html

Taylan
Severity set to 'minor' from 'normal' Request was from Mark H Weaver <mhw <at> netris.org> to control <at> debbugs.gnu.org. (Wed, 01 Oct 2014 23:25:04 GMT) Full text and rfc822 format available.
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