From: VanL <van@scratch.space>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: check-parens
Date: Wed, 04 Sep 2019 01:19:24 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m2ftld9zlv.fsf@wakeman.localnet> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvtv9tfr2y.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> the following snippet errors:
>>
>> (member CHAR (list ?r ?))
>
> Of course, a paren is missing.
>
>> but check-parens doesn't signal it.
>
> Indeed, but the byte-compiler does:
>
> foo.el:5:1:Warning: unescaped character literals `?)' detected,
> `?\)' expected!
>
>> Worth a bug-report?
>
> Probably not: it's a known problem.
Would be nice for the cgit/emacs.git webpage to have a section listing
vintage bugs and bugs on low hanging fruit with notes collected from
visitors.
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-09-03 15:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-09-03 6:55 check-parens Andreas Röhler
2019-09-03 13:32 ` check-parens Stefan Monnier
2019-09-03 15:19 ` VanL [this message]
2019-09-03 18:19 ` check-parens Stefan Kangas
2019-09-03 16:58 ` check-parens Michael Heerdegen
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