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From: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 24982@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24982: 24.5; way to let Elisp reader ignore unreadable #(...) constructs
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 15:13:31 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CADwFkmm8n9KKASi1bToXd-zASKb3C_Xx_itaWYVDfhKSnJ_EVg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <b5a0fa75-36ea-43f9-b1e6-ab0f2d974669@default> (Drew Adams's message of "Mon, 21 Nov 2016 13:47:45 -0800 (PST)")

Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Enhancement request:
>
> Provide a Boolean variable or a wrapper macro that has the effect of not
> raising an error but just skipping over any unreadable #(...) construct.
>
> (I really wish this were available for older Emacs versions.  Those are
> the ones that barf on #(...) constructs that are supported in later
> versions.

What's the use-case here?  Why can't you use `ignore-errors'?

Best regards,
Stefan Kangas





  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-08-22 19:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-11-21 21:47 bug#24982: 24.5; way to let Elisp reader ignore unreadable #(...) constructs Drew Adams
2018-04-02 19:32 ` Juri Linkov
2018-04-02 20:31   ` Drew Adams
2018-04-02 20:54     ` Juri Linkov
2018-04-02 21:32       ` Drew Adams
2018-04-03 20:06         ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-22 19:13 ` Stefan Kangas [this message]
2020-08-22 19:17   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-22 19:28     ` Drew Adams
2020-08-22 19:53       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-22 22:44         ` Drew Adams
2020-08-22 19:25   ` Drew Adams
2022-02-13  8:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-02-13 17:33   ` bug#24982: [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-02-13 17:53     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-02-13 18:03       ` Drew Adams
2022-02-14  4:15   ` Richard Stallman
2022-04-30 17:01     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-30 17:26       ` Drew Adams

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