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set-marker called on plain var

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From: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: set-marker called on plain var
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 08:19:45 +0100

Emacs -Q


M-x comint-accumulate from comint.el

calls

(set-marker comint-accum-marker (point))

where comint-accum-marker is initialized as a plain var, not marker. 
Thus resulting in error: "
Wrong type argument: markerp, nil"

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Wrong type argument: markerp, nil
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Message #8 received at 22360 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> suse.de>
To: Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de>
Cc: 22360 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#22360: set-marker called on plain var
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 10:02:42 +0100

Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler <at> easy-emacs.de> writes:

> M-x comint-accumulate from comint.el
>
> calls
>
> (set-marker comint-accum-marker (point))
>
> where comint-accum-marker is initialized as a plain var, not marker. Thus
> resulting in error: "
> Wrong type argument: markerp, nil"

Don't do that then.

Andreas.

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