GNU bug report logs - #59710
Wrong type argument when editing a multisession variable

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 01:51:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.60

Done: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #19 received at 59710 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Juanma Barranquero <lekktu <at> gmail.com>, Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>,
 59710 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#59710: Wrong type argument when editing a multisession
 variable
Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2022 10:40:04 -0500

>> @@ -671,4 +671,6 @@ bound-and-true-p
>>  Note that if `lexical-binding' is in effect, this function isn't
>>  meaningful if it refers to a lexically bound variable."
>> +  (unless (symbolp var)
>> +    (error "Wrong type argument: symbolp, %S" var))
>>    `(and (boundp (quote ,var)) ,var))
>
> I have no opinion on that.  Lars, Stefan: WDYT?

I wish Someone™ implemented something like
[Fortifying macros](https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1863543.1863577)
to solve this in a more general way :-)

I have no objections against such a change.


        Stefan
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