From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Glenn Morris Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20241: 25.0.50; `setq' with only one argument Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:44:51 -0500 Message-ID: <62twoc5zdo.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> References: <16400d25-dff1-4bfb-b929-814714f9e20f@default> <20151123143112.83911.qmail@mail.muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448304377 21761 80.91.229.3 (23 Nov 2015 18:46:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:46:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: acm@muc.de To: 20241@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 23 19:46:08 2015 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 1a0w7q-0000R9-Rr for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 19:46:07 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:34074 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w7r-0001Wu-GM for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:46:07 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42063) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w7n-0001Wp-Od for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:46:04 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w7m-0000fj-Ri for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:46:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:60129) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w7m-0000ff-Nv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:46:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w7m-0002rD-Gi for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:46:02 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Glenn Morris Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:46:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20241 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20241-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20241.14483043157932 (code B ref 20241); Mon, 23 Nov 2015 18:46:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20241) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2015 18:45:15 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49837 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w71-00023I-4F for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:45:15 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:59970) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w6g-0001qY-91 for 20241@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:45:13 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w6f-0000Sb-EC for 20241@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:44:54 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42464) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w6f-0000SX-Aw; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:44:53 -0500 Original-Received: from rgm by fencepost.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1a0w6d-0002ge-QC; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 13:44:51 -0500 X-Spook: ammunition Basque Separatists Mexicles Extreme weather X-Ran: [=\~G6!/H+^$U`jJSyBk[X.ZJ{ (Alan Mackenzie's message of "23 Nov 2015 14:31:12 -0000") User-Agent: Gnus (www.gnus.org), GNU Emacs (www.gnu.org/software/emacs/) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). 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: 208.118.235.43 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:109138 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie wrote: >> setq' should not be called with only one argument. It "works", with the >> effect of assigning a value of nil, but it is poor form. Typically this >> is a sign of a typo. > > Fixed in emacs-25. The interpreter now signals a wrong-number-of-args > error, and the byte compiler issues a warning. What on earth is this incompatible change doing in a feature-frozen release branch? Also, the combination of a compiler _warning_ and a run-time _error_ makes no sense.