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#64070
29.0.91; (documentation) Errors when byte-compiling annotated Flymake example
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Reported by: Graham Marlow <graham <at> mgmarlow.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2023 16:45:02 UTC
Severity: normal
Found in version 29.0.91
Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.
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Message #10 received at 64070-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):
> Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2023 21:18:04 -0700
> From: Graham Marlow <graham <at> mgmarlow.com>
>
> When following the annotated Flymake example to create my own backend, I
> noticed that flymake itself reports an error with the
> example. Specifically,
>
> "Wrong type argument: proper-list-p, (beg . end)"
>
> This error also occurs when attempting to batch-byte-compile the file:
>
> $ emacs -batch -L . -f batch-byte-compile example.el
>
> In toplevel form:
> example.el:7:2: Error: Wrong type argument: proper-list-p, (beg . end)
>
> It looks like the example is missing a (require 'cl-lib) statement. I
> checked the master Emacs branch and the bug is still there
> (doc/misc/flymake.texi).
>
> https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/flymake.html#An-annotated-example-backend
Thanks, should be fixed now on the emacs-29 branch.
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