Re: Is emacsclient --eval broken?

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Clément Pit--Claudel <clement.pit@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2016 11:32:33 -0400
> 
>     $ emacs -Q --daemon
>     …
>     Starting Emacs daemon.
> 
>     $ emacsclient --eval '(progn (find-file "emacsclient-input") (buffer-string))'
>     "\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEEEEE EEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEE\n\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE E EEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\
 nEE EEE-EEEEEEE \\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\nEE EEE-EEEEEEE \\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\nEEEEEE EEEE
>     *ERROR*: Unknown message: E EE EEEEE\n"
> 
> This error message isn't in emacsclient-input. Worse, it is not even deterministic:
> 
>     $ emacsclient --eval '(progn (find-file "emacsclient-input") (buffer-string))'
>     "\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEEEEEEEEEE EEE EEEEEE EEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-EEEEEEEEEEEE EEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEE\n\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE E EEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEEEE\\EEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEE\n\
 nEE EEE-EEEEEEE \\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\nEE EEE-EEEEEEE \\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\\EEEEEEEEEEEEE\n\nEEEEEE EEEE_EEEEE EE EEEEE\n"
> 
> (the output is still corrupted: there's no ‘_’ in the source file either).
> 
> I've attached emacsclient-input. Can someone help me figure what's going wrong? The error doesn't appear if I modify any of the backslashes, dashes, or newlines in the input...

Put a breakpoint in Fsignal, and see who calls it and why.

Thanks.