GNU bug report logs - #53227
master: Wrong error message with M-: (funcall).

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Package: emacs;

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

Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 07:40:02 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: patch

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #11 received at 53227 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 53227 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>,
 Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: Re: bug#53227: master: Wrong error message with M-: (funcall).
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2022 10:32:44 +0100

Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:

> Itʼs not Ffuncall's responsibility to check that, itʼs 'eval' that
> should be doing it. Compare with eg M-: (format), which correctly
> signals 'wrong-number-of-arguments.

Or rather macroexpand-all:

(macroexpand-all '(format))
=> (format)

(macroexpand-all '(funcall))
=> (funcall nil)

Perhaps Stefan has some insights into this; added to the CCs.

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