GNU bug report logs - #636
23.0.60; Read syntax error while byte-compiling

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Dmitry Dzhus <dima <at> sphinx.net.ru>

Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 07:50:05 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #18 received at 636 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>
Cc: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>, Michael Olson <mwolson <at> gnu.org>,
        636 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Alan Mackenzie <acm <at> muc.de>,
        emacs-devel <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: Please fix before the release of 23.1
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2008 18:18:14 -0400

Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com> writes:

> (defconst foo
>   (let ((beginning-of-defun-function
> 	 (lambda (&optional arg)
> 	   (not (eq arg nil)))))
>     (progn
>       (beginning-of-defun 1))))

By the way, replacing `progn' with `save-excursion' makes the bug go
away (this makes cc-def.el work too).  Why?  I don't know.
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