Philipp Stephani schrieb am Mo., 26. Dez. 2016 um 20:29 Uhr: > Glenn Morris schrieb am Mo., 12. Dez. 2016 um 21:25 Uhr: > > Glenn Morris wrote: > > > Philipp wrote: > > > >> You can set the function cell of nil and t using `fset' and friends. > >> But you can't call the `nil' function using (nil) (it does work with > >> (t)). I think that attempting to set the function cell of nil and t is > >> almost always a bug -- probably the programmer wanted to set a real > >> symbol, but some of the constants got passed. I propose to signal an > >> error (e.g. `setting-constant') whenever the function cell of nil and t > >> is modified; maybe the same should happen for keywords. > > > > I just did this yesterday... > > See https://debbugs.gnu.org/25110, ba8e883, and 3fd4433. > > And now see also ffb1302. :) > Anyway, I only did "nil", since as you say "t" can actually be called as > a function. But you are right that it's probably unintended. > > > Thanks! Interestingly the behavior was already added in 1994 (commit > c15c5d408d696928862ca2848a359231e373556c), but apparently reverted later. > I'd suggest to simply reinstate that commit. > Here's a patch.