From unknown Sat Aug 09 04:56:45 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#9570 <9570@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#9570 <9570@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: 24.0.50; "debug-on-entry: Definition of ... is not a list" Reply-To: bug#9570 <9570@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2025 11:56:45 +0000 retitle 9570 24.0.50; "debug-on-entry: Definition of ... is not a list" reassign 9570 emacs submitter 9570 "Drew Adams" severity 9570 minor tag 9570 fixed thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Wed Sep 21 23:48:54 2011 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Sep 2011 03:48:55 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R6aHO-0002YQ-Da for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:48:54 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R6aHL-0002YI-Hf for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:48:52 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6aH1-00087R-Qa for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:48:32 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.7 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, RP_MATCHES_RCVD,UNPARSEABLE_RELAY autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:36864) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6aH1-00087N-PA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:48:31 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48388) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6aH0-00047a-Ns for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:48:31 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6aGz-000873-HL for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:48:30 -0400 Received: from acsinet15.oracle.com ([141.146.126.227]:20687) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R6aGz-00086r-8P for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:48:29 -0400 Received: from rtcsinet21.oracle.com (rtcsinet21.oracle.com [66.248.204.29]) by acsinet15.oracle.com (Switch-3.4.4/Switch-3.4.4) with ESMTP id p8M3mPsL014697 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:48:27 GMT Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by rtcsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p8M3mOCr019700 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 22 Sep 2011 03:48:25 GMT Received: from abhmt101.oracle.com (abhmt101.oracle.com [141.146.116.53]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id p8M3mJSJ005874 for ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 22:48:19 -0500 Received: from dradamslap1 (/10.159.57.136) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:48:19 -0700 From: "Drew Adams" To: Subject: 24.0.50; "debug-on-entry: Definition of ... is not a list" Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:48:20 -0700 Message-ID: <04F2A67454BA4472B8CED5ACDA79EB2B@us.oracle.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Acx42nf8F4gGmgk5S2apfT9pArgZdw== X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6109 X-Source-IP: rtcsinet21.oracle.com [66.248.204.29] X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090207.4E7AB00C.001F,ss=1,re=0.000,fgs=0 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.2 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.2 (------) emacs -Q Load file fuzzy.el, available in the tar or zip here: http://cx4a.org/software/auto-complete/#Downloads (The file is small.) M-x debug-on-entry isearch-message-prefix RET raises this error: debug-on-entry: Definition of isearch-message-prefix is not a list The file is contains this advice: (defadvice isearch-message-prefix (after fuzzy-isearch-message-prefix activate) (if fuzzy-isearch (setq ad-return-value (concat fuzzy-isearch-prefix ad-return-value)) ad-return-value)) I seem to vaguely recall some problem associated with lexbind, advice, and the debugger (and perhaps byte-compiling?). But a search of the Elisp manual and some bug reports turned up nothing. I thought that such problems had already been ironed out, but perhaps not. It's very hard to find the cause of such an error - even just locating the code that leads to it is not easy. And it's not clear to me now what a user can/should do about it. What's the deal? If there is something that users must not do or must avoid, then please document it. In GNU Emacs 24.0.50.1 (i386-mingw-nt5.1.2600) of 2011-09-19 on 3249CTO Windowing system distributor `Microsoft Corp.', version 5.1.2600 configured using `configure --with-gcc (4.5) --no-opt' From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Fri Mar 24 22:02:25 2017 Received: (at 9570) by debbugs.gnu.org; 25 Mar 2017 02:02:25 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42980 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crb29-0006y6-DZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:02:25 -0400 Received: from mail-it0-f46.google.com ([209.85.214.46]:35028) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1crb27-0006xl-7O; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:02:23 -0400 Received: by mail-it0-f46.google.com with SMTP id y18so26382446itc.0; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:02:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version; bh=T9uMeNIPYifHk3JxEvYDNN8zaUOPXAo+N07qz3zByLs=; b=VIuMkSeGlvjhxUFfZHTEp6V0S2knWJOfuPH2PBTwecmyagGvSWYhMIZIUop5Cikmfa ZXPROxX5s2xqD7mm6NbuQq+REZ4OBzMep3gXm/KFLHNr6g+w1u40efaJIuS5kgKoyuGt ODrtatC0zr3eZ5khe7rX+KYq+BQJBH0ZvmiwnLoX1i40TYh1Z4KPjkInOsuyEy4/x9/I pCF0lGyzqeuod8vj0cQVFrHFA4Yfzze9V4m33VqccIBQJVTfLPvvAve08X/hPN2ByzgZ k8odnLbWiCDXQtDvSQ1WMBGJNQi5hNNEmMI1858uCXMjuOSRQ6ekldTQJ5W3ABqj8BJX 0ItQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:sender:from:to:cc:subject:references:date :in-reply-to:message-id:user-agent:mime-version; bh=T9uMeNIPYifHk3JxEvYDNN8zaUOPXAo+N07qz3zByLs=; b=Y7Ie90inVIc2SEtZ+aBLb9L/ZtMa2uf6F6Q74qe5e0G1+9DmZCbW5oB0+ULx8I5wAA k64msB5w9UbCkU13tgH88YNtsdOBhUS6AlIfh77Ll1znVyVeCKMk/s+F9IlhPh+C+zEQ VxckeNacnc6GtrqhkYsjLOXCesRODZ19jlLadCzhgOTbY/3AMV0q4940AYC8+2OlZ58+ oqzdwKuSMih80rZ2ueSasFYDJAmRt+X/alAHPUxZ2xbH/1/SKLhIPg0XGVbG0Btvkl4x 8iegClj19Gd49nmkCwPFxpsohy8BQt3TyavVm8dcHIRMDMkgYQSUmXUOChkzVuR5Ck3x zLVw== X-Gm-Message-State: AFeK/H1VbERlH7sb2LaVV2T7djD63HuazCQqKnYXwkXJYGzCaUT8Opaif4USAL0JrwLIKA== X-Received: by 10.107.50.11 with SMTP id y11mr11480975ioy.10.1490407337680; Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:02:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from zony ([45.2.7.65]) by smtp.googlemail.com with ESMTPSA id k66sm2096319iof.30.2017.03.24.19.02.16 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:02:16 -0700 (PDT) From: npostavs@users.sourceforge.net To: "Drew Adams" Subject: Re: bug#9570: 24.0.50; "debug-on-entry: Definition of ... is not a list" References: <04F2A67454BA4472B8CED5ACDA79EB2B@us.oracle.com> Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2017 22:03:40 -0400 In-Reply-To: <04F2A67454BA4472B8CED5ACDA79EB2B@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Wed, 21 Sep 2011 20:48:20 -0700") Message-ID: <8760iy2jur.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.2 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Spam-Score: 0.7 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 9570 Cc: 9570@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: 0.7 (/) found 9570 24.3 tags 9570 fixed close 9570 24.4 quit "Drew Adams" writes: > emacs -Q > > Load file fuzzy.el, available in the tar or zip here: > http://cx4a.org/software/auto-complete/#Downloads > (The file is small.) This is now 404, but I retrieved the file from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/auto-complete/fuzzy-el/master/fuzzy.el > M-x debug-on-entry isearch-message-prefix RET > > raises this error: > > debug-on-entry: Definition of isearch-message-prefix is not a list This happens with Emacs 24.3, but not with 24.4. From unknown Sat Aug 09 04:56:45 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Sat, 22 Apr 2017 11:24:04 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator