Re: flyspell-auto-correct-word many wrong-type-argument

[Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com>]

Dan Jacobson wrote:

> Sometimes flyspell-auto-correct-word does its job when esc tab is hit, but
> complains in the minibuffer "Wrong type argument: vectorp: nil".
> 
> 
>>>>>>"K" == Kevin Rodgers <ihs_4664@yahoo.com> writes:
>>>>>>
> 
> K> What is the value of flyspell-use-global-abbrev-table-p ?
> 
> nil
> 
> K> What was the buffer's major mode?
> 
> Message mode.
> 
> 8 lines matching " minor mode" in buffer *Help*.
>       2:For minor modes, see following pages.
>     157:Mml minor mode (indicator MML):
>     159:MML is the MIME Meta Language, a minor mode for composing MIME articles.
>     201:Mc-Write minor mode (indicator MC-w):
>     215:Flyspell minor mode (indicator Fly):
>     220:With a prefix argument ARG, turn Flyspell minor mode on iff ARG is positive.
>     244:Abbrev minor mode (indicator Abbrev):
>     250:auto-fill-function minor mode (indicator Fill):
> 
> in fact it happens as I compose this message too, so add SC minor mode
> (supercite) to the above.
> 
> Wait, if I (setq flyspell-use-global-abbrev-table-p t) the problem
> goes away.
> 
> I see, I will do this in .emacs to hush up the problem, while the
> elves will please fix it behind the scenes.

The problem is here:


(defun flyspell-abbrev-table ()
   (if flyspell-use-global-abbrev-table-p
       global-abbrev-table
     local-abbrev-table))


Since local-abbrev-table can be nil, flyspell-abbrev-table can return nil.
Should its callers check for that, or should it be changed to return an
abbrev table:

(defun flyspell-abbrev-table ()
   (cond (flyspell-use-global-abbrev-table-p global-abbrev-table)
         (local-abbrev-table)
         (t (setq local-abbrev-table (make-abbrev-table)))))

-- 
Kevin Rodgers