GNU bug report logs - #24913
25.1.50; Emacs accepts undocumented and confusing combinations of &optional and &rest in argument lists

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 9 Nov 2016 21:19:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Found in version 25.1.50

Done: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>

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From: Gemini Lasswell <gazally <at> runbox.com>
To: Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com>, 24913 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24913: 25.1.50; Emacs accepts undocumented and confusing combinations of &optional and &rest in argument lists
Date: Thu, 10 Nov 2016 08:56:36 -0800

> Philipp Stephani <p.stephani2 <at> gmail.com> schrieb am Mi., 9. Nov. 2016 um 22:19 Uhr:
>
> Here's a patch that detects such argument lists. 
>
A more general solution would be to have the byte compiler try to match
Edebug specs, and issue a warning or an error if it fails. That would
help find errors in the invocations of all macros, not just ones with
argument lists.
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