From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#49944: parse-partial-sexp fails to signal an error when (> START LIMIT). Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:42:21 +0200 Message-ID: <87pmum4wnm.fsf@gnus.org> References: <87r1f36by6.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="15842"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 49944@debbugs.gnu.org, Stefan Monnier To: Alan Mackenzie Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Mon Aug 09 14:43:19 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4ch-0003vX-BD for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:43:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55696 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4cg-00068z-2g for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:43:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:36842) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4cQ-00068p-Rz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:43:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:44752) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4cP-0005xY-KI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:43:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4cP-0004VK-IT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:43:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:43:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 49944 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 49944-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B49944.162851295517280 (code B ref 49944); Mon, 09 Aug 2021 12:43:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 49944) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Aug 2021 12:42:35 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56298 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4by-0004Ud-TM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:42:35 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:37086) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4bw-0004UK-F4 for 49944@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 08:42:33 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=PGVdrmxFsFOmOhMR5TsCuD1Md0/Hze/NX8GecSEYLPQ=; b=HqcwE5SLamHPqfdyILuhxyPS3w oY5z/zFTyKAPB/TTZBtVLhHJsQuia6s56BpbAXbEBeESgJktbGTLMi6ZBB96oRg86CgoskJ3ND2N6 d+Ch/g7S2GxFhB5gcJOpDbCtP7ugyt+iyXNHNZQkBe/HXr91yaUnv4lp1EgzqQnGHGI8=; Original-Received: from [84.212.220.105] (helo=elva) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mD4bm-0005Nh-8J; Mon, 09 Aug 2021 14:42:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: (Alan Mackenzie's message of "Sun, 8 Aug 2021 18:51:27 +0000") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list 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-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:211437 Archived-At: Alan Mackenzie writes: > parse-partial-sexp doesn't work on a region. It works with a starting > position and ending position, which are not interchangeable. Well... they are interchangeable now, as they are in many functions in Emacs. > It's obvious to me that Emacs should throw an error in these > circumstances. You seem to be disagreeing, or at least to be unsure. Making this signal an error wouldn't be backwards-compatible, so I think that's a no go. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no