GNU bug report logs - #39823
26.3; update-directory-autoloads regression from Emacs 26 to Emacs 27

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 26.3

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #50 received at 39823 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs <at> gmail.com>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 39823 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rms <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#39823: 26.3;
 update-directory-autoloads regression from Emacs 26 to Emacs 27
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2020 08:19:06 -0400

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com> writes:

> (defun update-directory-autoloads (&rest dirs)
>
> I don't see how &key can be combined with &rest without potentially
> causing problems.

You can check if the first arg is a keyword like
:generated-autoload-file (which can't be a directory, since it's not a
string), and if it is, then handle the second arg specially.
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