describe-function: Wrong number of arguments

describe-function: Wrong number of arguments

[Tim Johnson]

Build info is:
GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20,
  cairo version 1.16.0) of 2023-09-22
on ubuntu 20.04

If I compile and load an elisp file with 
emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load and
then run describe-function for a defun (invoked by in c-h f) I get the 
following
error message for all functions in that file:

*describe-function-1: Wrong number of arguments: #<subr 
help-fns--autoloaded-p>, 2

*Describe-function works fine for that elisp file when I restart emacs.

I am seeing a similar issue at the following site: 
https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs/issues/6097
Should I be going to a different version of emacs?
This instance of emacs is from snap. Was originally included with my 
ubuntu install
and I have just updated when prompted.

Any and all ideas are welcome

-- 
Tim
thjmmj15@gmail.com

Re: describe-function: Wrong number of arguments

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 16:30:51 -0800
> From: Tim Johnson <thjmmj15@gmail.com>
> 
> Build info is:
> GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20,
>   cairo version 1.16.0) of 2023-09-22
> on ubuntu 20.04
> 
> If I compile and load an elisp file with 
> emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load and
> then run describe-function for a defun (invoked by in c-h f) I get the 
> following
> error message for all functions in that file:
> 
> *describe-function-1: Wrong number of arguments: #<subr 
> help-fns--autoloaded-p>, 2
> 
> *Describe-function works fine for that elisp file when I restart emacs.

I tried to reproduce this with a random .el file I have here, and I
see no error.  Maybe you should report more details, like the file you
compiled, the exact steps to reproduce starting from "emacs -Q", etc.

Re: describe-function: Wrong number of arguments

[Tim Johnson]

On 10/23/23 4:59 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 16:30:51 -0800
>> From: Tim Johnson <thjmmj15@gmail.com>
>>
>> Build info is:
>> GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20,
>>    cairo version 1.16.0) of 2023-09-22
>> on ubuntu 20.04
>>
>> If I compile and load an elisp file with
>> emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load and
>> then run describe-function for a defun (invoked by in c-h f) I get the
>> following
>> error message for all functions in that file:
>>
>> *describe-function-1: Wrong number of arguments: #<subr
>> help-fns--autoloaded-p>, 2
>>
>> *Describe-function works fine for that elisp file when I restart emacs.
> I tried to reproduce this with a random .el file I have here, and I
> see no error.  Maybe you should report more details, like the file you
> compiled, the exact steps to reproduce starting from "emacs -Q", etc.
>
Darn, I had hoped there was an easy answer :). This appears to be happening
with all and any function in my elisp files. When I start with emacs -Q, 
describe-function
reports any and all of my own written defun names to be void!

I guess I will have to start loading init.el a part at a time ...
thanks

-- 
Tim
thjmmj15@gmail.com

Re: describe-function: Wrong number of arguments

[Tim Johnson]

On 10/23/23 4:59 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2023 16:30:51 -0800
>> From: Tim Johnson <thjmmj15@gmail.com>
>>
>> Build info is:
>> GNU Emacs 29.1 (build 2, x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.24.20,
>>    cairo version 1.16.0) of 2023-09-22
>> on ubuntu 20.04
>>
>> If I compile and load an elisp file with
>> emacs-lisp-byte-compile-and-load and
>> then run describe-function for a defun (invoked by in c-h f) I get the
>> following
>> error message for all functions in that file:
>>
>> *describe-function-1: Wrong number of arguments: #<subr
>> help-fns--autoloaded-p>, 2
>>
>> *Describe-function works fine for that elisp file when I restart emacs.
> I tried to reproduce this with a random .el file I have here, and I
> see no error.  Maybe you should report more details, like the file you
> compiled, the exact steps to reproduce starting from "emacs -Q", etc.
>
The help-fn+ package is used. As in some other packages, it was necessary
to byte-compile a fresh .elc file. This solve the problem.

-- 
Tim
thjmmj15@gmail.com