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parse-partial-sexp fails to signal an error when (> START LIMIT).

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Message #47 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: Sat, 21 Aug 2021 15:24:20 +0200

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

> Emacs-28, emacs started with site-start.el and .emacs.
>
> On calling
>
>     (parse-partial-sexp 19 18 nil nil s)
>
> Emacs surely ought to signal an error, since 18 < 19.  It doesn't,
> though.  It leaves point at a random position and returns
>
>     (0 nil nil nil nil nil 0 nil nil nil nil)
>
> This is a bug.

I've now made this change (and the doc string clarification discussed).
There are no test failures after the change, and I'm not getting any
errors when running it normally, either.

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