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31.0.50; C-g fails to exit loop

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 78916 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, kupfer <at> rawbw.com
Subject: bug#78916: 31.0.50; C-g fails to exit loop
Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 19:01:39 +0300

> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: 78916 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,  kupfer <at> rawbw.com
> Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 10:48:51 -0400
> 
> > I agree that calling keyboard-quit is better.
> 
> So, I suggest the patch below.

Thanks.

> diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
> index 69f6e4dbab8..0a1d676445b 100644
> --- a/lisp/subr.el
> +++ b/lisp/subr.el
> @@ -4047,14 +4047,19 @@ y-or-n-p
>               ((memq answer '(skip act)) nil)
>               ((eq answer 'recenter)
>                (recenter) t)
> +             ;; Explicitly handle the other non-commands, to avoid
> +             ;; conflicts with possible commands of the same name.
> +             ((memq answer '( act-and-show act-and-exit exit edit
> +                              edit-replacement edit-replacement-exact-case
> +                              delete-and-edit automatic backup
> +                              undo undo-all help))
> +              t)
>               ((eq answer 'scroll-up)
>                (ignore-errors (scroll-up-command)) t)
>               ((eq answer 'scroll-down)
>                (ignore-errors (scroll-down-command)) t)
> -             ((eq answer 'scroll-other-window)
> -              (ignore-errors (scroll-other-window)) t)
> -             ((eq answer 'scroll-other-window-down)
> -              (ignore-errors (scroll-other-window-down)) t)
> +             ((functionp answer)
> +              (call-interactively answer) t)

Why not 'commandp'?

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