GNU bug report logs - #23957
[PATCH] Make fboundp an alias for symbol-function

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Robert Cochran <robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com>

Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 15:50:03 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed, patch

Merged with 23988

Fixed in version 25.1

Done: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #20 received at 23957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sora Firestorm <robert <at> cochranmail.com>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
Cc: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>,
 Robert Cochran <robert-emacs <at> cochranmail.com>, 23957 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#23957: [PATCH] Make fboundp an alias for symbol-function
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2016 12:20:47 -0700

Drew Adams <drew.adams <at> oracle.com> writes:

>> I'd suggest to simply remove the FIXME instead.
>
> I'd be somewhat curious about who wrote it and why.  Maybe
> there is something else that could be done to satisfy whatever
> the perceived need was.

I just did a blame for that line, and it lead back to commit eadf1faa
("Conflate Qnil and Qunbound for `symbol-function'.") by Stefan Monnier
<monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> (CC'd).
This bug report was last modified 9 years and 3 days ago.

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