From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Mackenzie Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#20241: 25.0.50; `setq' with only one argument Date: 23 Nov 2015 14:31:12 -0000 Organization: muc.de e.V. Message-ID: <20151123143112.83911.qmail@mail.muc.de> References: <16400d25-dff1-4bfb-b929-814714f9e20f@default> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1448289174 19244 80.91.229.3 (23 Nov 2015 14:32:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:32:54 +0000 (UTC) To: 20241-done@debbugs.gnu.org Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Nov 23 15:32:40 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1a0sAE-0002pt-Fb for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:32:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60885 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0sAE-0001ED-W8 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:32:19 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:51587) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0sA8-0001Bg-0n for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:32:15 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0sA4-00074B-0e for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:32:11 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:59458) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1a0sA3-000747-UC for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:32:07 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a0sA3-0007xf-Dk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:32:07 -0500 Resent-From: Alan Mackenzie Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:32:05 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 20241 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 20241@debbugs.gnu.org, acm@muc.de, drew.adams@oracle.com Original-Received: via spool by 20241-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D20241.144828910030544 (code D ref 20241); Mon, 23 Nov 2015 14:32:05 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20241-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 23 Nov 2015 14:31:40 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:49161 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a0s9a-0007wV-Aw for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:31:38 -0500 Original-Received: from mail.muc.de ([193.149.48.3]:46936) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1a0s9B-0007v7-Jd for 20241-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:31:32 -0500 Original-Received: (qmail 83912 invoked by uid 3782); 23 Nov 2015 14:31:12 -0000 In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug User-Agent: tin/2.3.1-20141224 ("Tallant") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/10.1-RELEASE-p16 (amd64)) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:109122 Archived-At: In article you wrote: > See for example: `(setq mark-active)' in `compilation-goto-locus' > (compile.el). > setq' should not be called with only one argument. It "works", with the > effect of assigning a value of nil, but it is poor form. Typically this > is a sign of a typo. Fixed in emacs-25. The interpreter now signals a wrong-number-of-args error, and the byte compiler issues a warning. -- Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).