GNU bug report logs - #48479
28.0.50; Crash on `read--expression'

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Mon, 17 May 2021 14:39:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: fixed

Found in version 28.0.50

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 #38 received at 48479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>,
 Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 48479 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Richard Stallman <rms <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#48479: 28.0.50; Crash on `read--expression'
Date: Wed, 19 May 2021 16:53:38 +0200

Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> writes:

>>> Is there any significant advantage of not detecting syntax errors?
>> I don't think I agree that this is a syntax error.
>> What do others think about this?  Lars? Stefan? Richard?

[...]

> I wouldn't bother signaling an error when we interpret the code, but it
> would be good for the byte-compiler to warn about it.

I thought we did warn about this, but some testing now seems to indicate
that we don't?  So then we definitely can't turn this into an error, but
I agree with Stefan that we should issue a warning...  probably.
(Depending on whether there's a lot of code out there on this form or
not.)

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