GNU bug report logs - #19505
25.0.50; Defining a chomp function breaks electric pairing

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Tom Willemse <tom <at> ryuslash.org>

Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2015 14:54:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.0.50

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Tom Willemse <tom <at> ryuslash.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 19505 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#19505: 25.0.50; Defining a chomp function breaks electric pairing
Date: Sun, 04 Jan 2015 21:25:37 +0100

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

>> The attached patch fixes the situation where a function `chomp' exists
>> and `electric-pair-skip-whitespace' has the value `chomp'.  Since that
>> specific symbol is mentioned as a special case for this variable, it
>> seems that it shouldn't try to call a function named as such.
>
> Maybe a better option is to use the value `:chomp' instead of `chomp',
> since defining a function `:chomp' should be considered an error anyway,

Certainly an option, but wouldn't that break people's configuration in
an annoying way?
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