From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#29422: 27.0.50; Symbol enable-multibyte-characters may not be buffer-local Date: Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:07:22 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87vai0w1mt.fsf@web.de> <87y3mvxibw.fsf@web.de> <83h8ti94le.fsf@gnu.org> <834lpi8eek.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1511662091 5205 195.159.176.226 (26 Nov 2017 02:08:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 02:08:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: michael_heerdegen@web.de, 29422@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 26 03:08:05 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eImMV-0000mg-O8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 03:08:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54910 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eImMc-0005xN-Pu for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:08:10 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:57295) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eImMX-0005vs-GF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:08:06 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eImMU-0003lU-Bv for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:08:05 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:49700) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1eImMU-0003lG-88 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:08:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eImMT-0003kF-VK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:08:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 02:08:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 29422 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 29422-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B29422.151166205614363 (code B ref 29422); Sun, 26 Nov 2017 02:08:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 29422) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Nov 2017 02:07:36 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:58381 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eImM4-0003jb-DJ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:07:36 -0500 Original-Received: from pmta11.teksavvy.com ([76.10.157.34]:62446) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1eImM2-0003jM-6H for 29422@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:07:35 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A2GUFAAKIRpa/9Iwq8BaHgEGDIM8gVSJM4YHjiABgXw0AZhJhT8EAgKEXUQUAQEBAQEBAQEBA2gohSEBBAFWIwULCzQSFBgNJIotCKgiinoBAQEBAQUCASWDOog6NosUBZMKjzyXIoleNYcll3Q2I4FQMhoIMIJjglEcGYFsI4seAQEB X-IPAS-Result: A2GUFAAKIRpa/9Iwq8BaHgEGDIM8gVSJM4YHjiABgXw0AZhJhT8EAgKEXUQUAQEBAQEBAQEBA2gohSEBBAFWIwULCzQSFBgNJIotCKgiinoBAQEBAQUCASWDOog6NosUBZMKjzyXIoleNYcll3Q2I4FQMhoIMIJjglEcGYFsI4seAQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.44,456,1505793600"; d="scan'208";a="10324727" Original-Received: from 192-171-48-210.cpe.pppoe.ca (HELO pastel.home) ([192.171.48.210]) by smtp.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 25 Nov 2017 21:07:23 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id DECC2606C5; Sat, 25 Nov 2017 21:07:22 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <834lpi8eek.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 25 Nov 2017 19:19:15 +0200") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:140391 Archived-At: >> > Yes, but signaling "Setting constant" when we actually mean a >> > read-only symbol is sub-optimal, IMO. >> That's the error that we've been using for (setq >> enable-multibyte-characters ...) since Emacs-21. > ??? The code you changed signaled a "Symbol %s may not be > buffer-local" error, not "Setting constant". What am I missing? My patch did not touch `setq`. It just made `make-local-variable` and `make-buffer-local-variable` signal the same error as `setq`. > I meant for you to do that, as part of fixing this problem, but if you > don't feel like it, we should at least change the ELisp manual, as it > now contradicts the code. If you mean the doc of `setq`, then I guess this discrepancy has been with us since Emacs-21. Stefan