GNU bug report logs - #78738
(signal nil 5) crashes Emacs

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Daniel Colascione <dancol <at> dancol.org>

Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2025 22:34:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com>

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Message #14 received at 78738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Pip Cet <pipcet <at> protonmail.com>
Cc: dancol <at> dancol.org, 78738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#78738: (signal nil 5) crashes Emacs
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 14:12:58 +0300
> Cc: 78738 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2025 06:22:49 +0000
> From:  Pip Cet via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
> 
> "Daniel Colascione" <dancol <at> dancol.org> writes:
> 
> > (signal nil 5) crashes Emacs
> 
> Good catch!
> 
> This would fix it, right?
> 
> diff --git a/src/eval.c b/src/eval.c
> index fbb881d682d..be6d1a0a9ac 100644
> --- a/src/eval.c
> +++ b/src/eval.c
> @@ -1888,7 +1888,7 @@ DEFUN ("signal", Fsignal, Ssignal, 2, 2, 0,
>    (Lisp_Object error_symbol, Lisp_Object data)
>  {
>    /* If they call us with nonsensical arguments, produce "peculiar error".  */
> -  if (NILP (error_symbol) && NILP (data))
> +  if (NILP (error_symbol) && !CONSP (data))
>      error_symbol = Qerror;
>    signal_or_quit (error_symbol, data, false);
>    eassume (false);

Thanks.  If this keeps bug#32961 solved, please install on the
emacs-30 branch, since this is a regression in Emacs 30.




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