GNU bug report logs - #65030
30.0.50; Check keyword args of make-process

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
Cc: rpluim <at> gmail.com, 65030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, eller.helmut <at> gmail.com, monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca
Subject: bug#65030: 30.0.50; Check keyword args of make-process
Date: Tue, 08 Aug 2023 15:16:51 +0300

> From: Mattias Engdegård <mattiase <at> acm.org>
> Date: Tue, 8 Aug 2023 11:16:07 +0200
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>,
>         eller.helmut <at> gmail.com, 65030 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> >    Mattias> The main objection is that `make-process`, due to its design, is often
> >    Mattias> called indirectly using `apply` which would not trigger the
> >    Mattias> application of this compiler macro, so perhaps we should improve the
> >    Mattias> error handling of Fmake_process instead.
> > 
> > As long as that improvement results in warnings for mistakes such as
> > misspelled keywords, rather than errors.
> 
> Of course not. Incorrect arguments detected at run-time should elicit errors, as they do now.
> The point being that for something as complex as make-process they should be more helpful than just `wrong-type-argument`.

Misspelled arguments to make-process don't elicit errors as of now, do
they?

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