GNU bug report logs - #23995
25.1.50; cl-defmethod with :extra qualifier can't be edebugged

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2016 16:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 23995 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Gemini Lasswell <gazally <at> runbox.com>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 23995 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#23995: 25.1.50;
 cl-defmethod with :extra qualifier can't be edebugged
Date: Thu, 02 Mar 2017 18:50:47 -0800

Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> cl-defmethod forms with an :extra qualifier can't be instrumented for
> edebugging, presumably because the extra string tag isn't accounted for,
> and it tries to parse the arglist as the lambda. The error message is:
>
> edebug-syntax-error: Invalid read syntax: "Expected lambda expression"
>
> In addition, the string tag is highlighted as a docstring.

I've just sent a patch for bug#24753 which includes a change to make
Edebug work on methods which use :extra. The string tag is still
highlighted incorrectly.
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