From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: "(setq name)": Is this a bug? Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:01:46 +0000 Message-ID: <20090714160146.GB1718@muc.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1247587207 5881 80.91.229.12 (14 Jul 2009 16:00:07 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2009 16:00:07 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jul 14 18:00:00 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MQkQC-0003kR-Am for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 18:00:00 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46182 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MQkQB-0004AX-SX for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:59:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MQkQ6-00049E-Jh for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:59:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MQkQ1-00048G-T4 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:59:54 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=33113 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MQkQ1-00048D-QC for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:59:49 -0400 Original-Received: from colin.muc.de ([193.149.48.1]:4897 helo=mail.muc.de) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MQkQ1-0005BY-Ca for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 11:59:49 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 90020 invoked by uid 3782); 14 Jul 2009 15:59:46 -0000 Original-Received: from acm.muc.de (pD9E23B21.dip.t-dialin.net [217.226.59.33]) by colin2.muc.de (tmda-ofmipd) with ESMTP; Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:59:43 +0200 Original-Received: (qmail 2694 invoked by uid 1000); 14 Jul 2009 16:01:46 -0000 Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i X-Delivery-Agent: TMDA/1.1.5 (Fettercairn) X-Primary-Address: acm@muc.de X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: FreeBSD 4.6-4.9 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:112452 Archived-At: Hi, Emacs, In .../lisp/files.el, function set-auto-mode, L2553, appears the strange invocation: (setq name) . One of my analysis tools tripped up on it. According to setq's doc string, this is invalid. In each [SYM VAL] in (setq [SYM VAL] ...), the VAL is not optional. Surely? I think this is a bug. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).