GNU bug report logs - #47747
28.0.50; `eval-defun' may evaluate previous sexp

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: sebastian.miele <at> gmail.com

Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 47747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Sebastian Miele <sebastian.miele <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 47747 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#47747: 28.0.50; `eval-defun' may evaluate previous sexp
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2022 13:06:09 +0200
Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> If there are no forms after point, it'll eval the form before point --
> and it's been that way for as long as I can remember, so I think the doc
> string is just wrong here.
>
> Does anybody else have an opinion here?  Would it make sense to have the
> command signal an error if there's no forms at or after point?

Nobody had an opinion, so I updated the doc string to reflect what it
does in Emacs 29.

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