GNU bug report logs - #65797
`buffer-match-p` should not use `func-arity`

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>

Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 07:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 29.0.92

Done: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #17 received at 65797 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Mattias Engdegård <mattias.engdegard <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 65797 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Joseph Turner <joseph <at> breatheoutbreathe.in>
Subject: Re: bug#65797: 29.0.92; func-arity should not return (0 . many) with
 apply-partially
Date: Thu, 7 Sep 2023 17:17:28 +0200

7 sep. 2023 kl. 17.11 skrev Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>:

> And it breaks if the calling convention of the function changes between
> the time you compile the code and the time you run the code :-(

What can I say, if you wanted something that could easily be reasoned about statically you wouldn't use Lisp...

Nah, forget that patch. Anyone interested in performance shouldn't use apply-partially anyway.
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