From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Drew Adams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#15666: 24.3.50; regression: `defadvice' of a special form Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 16:32:03 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4d8e56cc-f3ea-4cbb-b094-6b0ff3e37169@default> References: <6bc447c6-2d04-47d5-9e55-c8e6362fd4c7@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1382312003 13238 80.91.229.3 (20 Oct 2013 23:33:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:33:23 +0000 (UTC) To: 15666@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 21 01:33:26 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1VY2Uw-0000cK-5b for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 21 Oct 2013 01:33:26 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:37721 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VY2Uv-0003bR-91 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:33:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:40039) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VY2Uj-0003b7-Cb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:33:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VY2UY-00057P-Kk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:33:13 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:45588) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VY2UY-00057L-HH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:33:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VY2UX-0007iI-T8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:33:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Drew Adams Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:33:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 15666 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 15666-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B15666.138231193229594 (code B ref 15666); Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:33:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 15666) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Oct 2013 23:32:12 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:59607 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VY2Tj-0007hD-Oz for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:32:12 -0400 Original-Received: from userp1040.oracle.com ([156.151.31.81]:19145) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1VY2Th-0007gt-5B for 15666@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 19:32:09 -0400 Original-Received: from acsinet21.oracle.com (acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237]) by userp1040.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1/Sentrion-MTA-4.3.1) with ESMTP id r9KNW2LM016687 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for <15666@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:32:03 GMT Original-Received: from userz7021.oracle.com (userz7021.oracle.com [156.151.31.85]) by acsinet21.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r9KNW1WL025693 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for <15666@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:32:02 GMT Original-Received: from abhmt108.oracle.com (abhmt108.oracle.com [141.146.116.60]) by userz7021.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id r9KNW0Cd003795 for <15666@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sun, 20 Oct 2013 23:32:01 GMT In-Reply-To: <6bc447c6-2d04-47d5-9e55-c8e6362fd4c7@default> X-Priority: 3 X-Mailer: Oracle Beehive Extensions for Outlook 2.0.1.8 (707110) [OL 12.0.6680.5000 (x86)] X-Source-IP: acsinet21.oracle.com [141.146.126.237] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:79435 Archived-At: > In Emacs 24 you get this: > (error "Advice impossible: defconst is a special form") And the code that raises that error has this comment: (cond ((special-form-p def) ;; Not worth the trouble trying to handle this, I think. (error "Advice impossible: %S is a special form" symbol)) "I think"? That does not justify this regression. It was worth the trouble before it was broken, i.e., for a couple of decades. Why go to the "trouble" of breaking it?