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From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: igor denisov <saufesma@gmail.com>
Cc: 21510@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#21510: output
Date: Sat, 19 Sep 2015 07:18:58 -0700 (PDT)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <534084fb-46dc-4b74-b753-0c7c2ae58796@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAE0=M6pUrPQ+2A-JsYRKQN82WyZLkS4_SDePo_Rx8ax=AVoZiw@mail.gmail.com>


> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument symbolp (car
> list-of-ppsc-var))
> 
> but when I issue
> (symbolp (car list-of-ppsc-var))
> it is t.

*Evaluating* (car list-of-ppsc-var) produces a symbol.

But the sexp (car list-of-ppsc-var) is itself not a symbol.
It is a list. 

You are trying to do (setq (car list-of-ppsc-var) SOMETHING)
- see the backtrace.  `setq' does not evaluate its first argument.





      reply	other threads:[~2015-09-19 14:18 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2015-09-18  5:58 bug#21510: output igor denisov
2015-09-18 14:41 ` Drew Adams
2015-09-19  8:19   ` igor denisov
2015-09-19 14:18     ` Drew Adams [this message]

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