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, enometh <at> meer.net, stefankangas <at> gmail.com
Subject: bug#78593: 31.0.50; describe-key broken on interactive lambdas
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2025 01:01:48 -0400

>> It's probably OK to signal errors for values which are not functions
>> at all.  Not sure if it's worth the trouble, OTOH.
> Ah, so you are saying that symbolp should have been functionp?  But
> does functionp indeed return non-nil for all the function types for
> which we want function-get to do its job?  E.g., what about macros of
> special forms?
> Or do we have another predicate that would cover all the cases?

That's what I meant by "Not sure if it's worth the trouble".


        Stefan
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