GNU bug report logs - #22066
24.5; documentation for "values" is not accurate

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Shiyao Ma <i <at> introo.me>

Date: Tue, 1 Dec 2015 08:42:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: fixed

Found in version 24.5

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: Shiyao Ma <i <at> introo.me>, 22066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#22066: 24.5; documentation for "values" is not accurate
Date: Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:07:56 -0500

> I agree -- we could mark it obsolete now, but we'd have to rewrite the
> one place where it's actually used:

Indeed, but it shouldn't be too hard.

> `eval-region' just returns nil, but that `lambda' could just capture the
> value instead of the functoin then looking in `values', I think?

The lambda is the read-function, so it doesn't receive the return value.
But we could just wrap the form inside
a `(setq elisp--eval-defun-result ,form)


        Stefan
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