From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3998: 23.1; process status Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:27:26 -0400 Message-ID: References: <37066a180907310604m4efd846fuff69db25248ac07a@mail.gmail.com> Reply-To: Stefan Monnier , 3998@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1249069730 22407 80.91.229.12 (31 Jul 2009 19:48:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:48:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3998@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com To: "Dieter Wilhelm\, H." Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jul 31 21:48:43 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MWy5l-0006PC-1E for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 21:48:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49975 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWy5j-0004Ns-Ou for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:48:35 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWy45-0003y4-UT for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:46:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MWy41-0003sK-01 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:46:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=41143 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MWy40-0003s6-Ly for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:46:48 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu ([138.23.92.77]:33161) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MWy40-0002lx-4z for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:46:48 -0400 Original-Received: from rzlab.ucr.edu (rzlab.ucr.edu [127.0.0.1]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n6VJkiQX016887; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:46:45 -0700 Original-Received: (from debbugs@localhost) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n6VJZ4U0015807; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:35:04 -0700 X-Loop: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Resent-To: bug-submit-list@donarmstrong.com Resent-CC: Emacs Bugs Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:35:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com X-Emacs-PR-Message: followup 3998 X-Emacs-PR-Package: emacs X-Emacs-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3998-submit@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com id=B3998.124906845715329 (code B ref 3998); Fri, 31 Jul 2009 19:35:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3998) by emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com; 31 Jul 2009 19:27:37 +0000 X-Spam-Bayes: score:0.5 Bayes not run. spammytokens:Tokens not available. hammytokens:Tokens not available. Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com (ironport2-out.pppoe.ca [206.248.154.182]) by rzlab.ucr.edu (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5) with ESMTP id n6VJRV78015323 for <3998@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com>; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 12:27:32 -0700 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AsEFAGPickpFpZgv/2dsb2JhbACBUtJrhBgFgi+Ecw X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.43,304,1246852800"; d="scan'208";a="42644030" Original-Received: from 69-165-152-47.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.165.152.47]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 31 Jul 2009 15:27:26 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 0FEAA800B; Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:27:26 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <37066a180907310604m4efd846fuff69db25248ac07a@mail.gmail.com> (Dieter Wilhelm's message of "Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:04:34 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 15:46:53 -0400 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:29772 Archived-At: > (process-status nil) returns an error (please see below) in spite of > it's documentation claiming that it's argument can indeed be nil. It says that if the argument is nil, process-status will use the current buffer's process. But if the current buffer doesn't have any process, then of course it'll signal an error. That's why the error is: Buffer gasket_tilting.mac has no process rather than nil is not a valid process -- Stefan