GNU bug report logs - #40596
28.0.50; Function with more than one key gives "wrong number of arguments" error

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 12:21:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

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

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Cc: 40596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#40596: 28.0.50; Function with more than one key gives "wrong number of arguments" error
Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:37:51 +0300

> Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2020 16:02:30 +0300
> From: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
> Cc: 40596 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> I understand and not that I need it. Then if the Emacs Lisp `defun'
> does not support &key, why is then this below working?
> 
> (defun tmp-function-1 (text html &key one)
>   "This one works fine"
>   (message one))
> 
> (tmp-function-1 "text" "<html>" :one "Hello")

I think it interprets &key as a name of a simple argument.
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