GNU bug report logs - #54190
29.0.50; [PATCH] Incorrect/missing documentation for some Eshell "$" syntaxes

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Message #35 received at 54190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Jim Porter <jporterbugs <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 54190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, larsi <at> gnus.org
Subject: Re: bug#54190: 29.0.50; [PATCH] Incorrect/missing documentation for
 some Eshell "$" syntaxes
Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2022 08:35:50 -0500

> @@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ eshell-do-eval
>    (cond
>     ((not (listp form))
>      (list 'quote (eval form)))
> -   ((memq (car form) '(quote function))
> +   ((memq (car form) '(quote function lambda))
>      form)
>     (t
>      ;; skip past the call to `eshell-do-eval'

This looks like a workaround rather than a fix.
eshell-do-eval supposedly handles code that uses macros.  `lambda` is
just one such macro (and a very simple one at that), so if the `lambda`
macro is not properly handled, then most likely there are other macros
which are similarly mishandled.


        Stefan

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