GNU bug report logs - #78593
31.0.50; describe-key broken on interactive lambdas

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Reported by: Madhu <enometh <at> meer.net>

Date: Mon, 26 May 2025 15:48:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 31.0.50

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

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From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 78593 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Madhu <enometh <at> meer.net>, Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
Subject: bug#78593: 31.0.50; describe-key broken on interactive lambdas
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 2025 12:00:01 -0400

> Stefan, this is due to your change:
>
>   commit a4ec9ca12969018cdf15b8cc713b3ba054326f99
>   Author:     Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
>   AuthorDate: Tue Apr 1 21:25:33 2025 +0200
>   Commit:     Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
>   CommitDate: Tue Apr 1 21:25:33 2025 +0200
>
>       function-put: signal error with non-symbol
>
>       * lisp/subr.el (function-get): Signal an error if given a non-symbol
>       for consistency with 'get'.
>       * test/lisp/subr-tests.el (subr-butlast): Test for the above.
>
> Any reasons not to revert that?  function-get correctly returns nil if
> its argument is not a symbol, so why should this signal an error?

IMO, `function-get/put` should accept *functions* as arguments, not
just symbols.


        Stefan
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