Subject: bug#3283: Bug in Emacs' batch mode

From: Kevin Rodgers <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 13 May 2009 23:06:26 -0600

Davin Pearson wrote:
> When I run a file in Emacs' batch mode like so:
> 
> emacs --batch --load foo.el
> 
> It prints out  the following information:
> 
> -*- mode: compilation; default-directory: "~/dlisp/" -*-
> Compilation started at Tue May 12 11:06:41
> 
> make foo
> emacs --batch --load foo.el
> Loading cl...
> Loading cl-macs...
> 
> Compilation finished at Tue May 12 11:06:43
> Compilation took 2 seconds
> 
> This is a bug because I have redefined the function message to do
> nothing.  Therefore it shouldn't print out "Loading cl..." and
> "Loading cl-macs".  What follows is the contents of the file foo.el:
> 
> (defun message (format-string &rest args) (interactive))
> 
> (load-library "cl")
> (load-library "cl-macs")
> (require 'cl-19 "cl")
> (require 'cl)
> 
> ;; batch code goes here

message is a built-in function in `C source code'.
(message format-string &rest args)

There are calls to Fmessage() in Emacs' C source code which do not go
through the `message' Lisp symbol.

-- 
Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA