Subject: Re: bug#20801: 25.0.50; (apply 'cl-call-next-method does not work

From: Pierre Lorenzon <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 19:25:50 +0200 (CEST)

From: Stefan Monnier <[email-masked]>
Subject: Re: bug#20801: 25.0.50; (apply 'cl-call-next-method does not work
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 10:18:17 -0400

> tags 20801 notabug
> thanks
> 
> That's a simple bug in your code.  `call-next-method' is not a function
> of cl-defmethod (it's a compatibility function of eieio-compat, IOW only

  OK but 'cl-call-next-method is not better.

> usable inside an EIEIO `defmethod').  Also, use #' rather than ' to

  OK that's the key point :

  #'cl-call-next-method works fine.

  Thanks.

  Pierre

> quote the function symbol since those function are lexically scoped,
> which can't work for functions that are quoted with a single quote.
> 
>> (cl-defmethod say ((this daughter1)
>> 		   &optional fmt &rest arguments)
>>   (apply 'call-next-method
>           ^^
>           #'cl-
> 
> 
> -- Stefan