From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jan =?UTF-8?Q?Dj=C3=A4rv?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6855: 24.0.50; Bug in tool bar label handling Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:21:37 +0200 Message-ID: <4C67BFB1.8030804@swipnet.se> References: <877hjt1jue.fsf@gnu.org> <4C67A335.1050002@swipnet.se> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1281868745 28592 80.91.229.12 (15 Aug 2010 10:39:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:39:05 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 6855@debbugs.gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Aug 15 12:39:02 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkacC-00028b-Lo for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:38:56 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46557 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OkacB-000239-V1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:38:56 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=52474 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Okac3-00022O-5p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:38:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Okac1-0003rj-VR for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:38:47 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:36254) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Okac1-0003re-SV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:38:45 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkaKs-0000ZC-Fp; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:21:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Jan =?UTF-8?Q?Dj=C3=A4rv?= Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:21:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 6855 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 6855-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B6855.12818676472169 (code B ref 6855); Sun, 15 Aug 2010 10:21:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 6855) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Aug 2010 10:20:47 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkaKc-0000Yw-Qi for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:20:47 -0400 Original-Received: from smtprelay-h21.telenor.se ([195.54.99.196]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OkaKa-0000Yp-0a for 6855@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:20:44 -0400 Original-Received: from ipb1.telenor.se (ipb1.telenor.se [195.54.127.164]) by smtprelay-h21.telenor.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id CCC1BE9C7C for <6855@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:21:39 +0200 (CEST) X-SENDER-IP: [85.225.45.35] X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AhgzAGtcZ0xV4S0jPGdsb2JhbACDFYRSmGMMAQEBATUtpwuQcoEmgyJzBIRf X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.55,371,1278280800"; d="scan'208";a="119518202" Original-Received: from c-232de155.25-1-64736c10.cust.bredbandsbolaget.se (HELO coolsville.localdomain) ([85.225.45.35]) by ipb1.telenor.se with ESMTP; 15 Aug 2010 12:21:39 +0200 Original-Received: from [172.20.199.13] (zeplin [172.20.199.13]) by coolsville.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id E7C777FA05A; Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:21:38 +0200 (CEST) User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; sv-SE; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100802 Thunderbird/3.1.2 In-Reply-To: X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sun, 15 Aug 2010 06:21:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:39502 Archived-At: Andreas Schwab skrev 2010-08-15 10.51: > Jan Dj=C3=A4rv writes: > >> We kind of assume people do the sensible thing and put in strings. It= is the >> same as for help and image. If Emacs crashes because somebody didn't = put >> in a string, that is actually a good thing IMHO. The error becomes ve= ry >> apparent then. > > I don't agree. Emacs should be robust against type mismatches, crashin= g > is the worst possible reaction. If the documentation states that one should use STRING, and somebody puts= in=20 nil or a lambda expression or a symbol, that is a usage error. Being rob= ust=20 against this kind of error by ignoring the faulty input just hides the er= ror=20 and makes people think it is OK to misuse things. Better then to crash, = that=20 way action is usually taken at once. Hidden errors can linger for years.= .. Jan D.