GNU bug report logs - #49944
parse-partial-sexp fails to signal an error when (> START LIMIT).

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>

Date: Sun, 8 Aug 2021 18:02:01 UTC

Severity: normal

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 #14 received at 49944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>
Cc: 49944 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#49944: parse-partial-sexp fails to signal an error when (>
 START LIMIT).
Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:42:21 +0200

Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de> writes:

> parse-partial-sexp doesn't work on a region.  It works with a starting
> position and ending position, which are not interchangeable.

Well...  they are interchangeable now, as they are in many functions in
Emacs.

> It's obvious to me that Emacs should throw an error in these
> circumstances.  You seem to be disagreeing, or at least to be unsure.

Making this signal an error wouldn't be backwards-compatible, so I think
that's a no go.

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