From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: Ernesto Alfonso <erjoalgo@gmail.com>
Cc: 35186@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35186: 26.1; confusing error message and location on eager dotted pair evaluation
Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2019 18:08:19 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <8736jftclo.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87a7h1qzft.fsf@debian-x1g4.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> (Ernesto Alfonso's message of "Sun, 07 Apr 2019 14:26:46 -0700")
Ernesto Alfonso <erjoalgo@gmail.com> writes:
> $ cat foo.el
> (defun foo ()
> (some irrelevant form)
> (a . b))
> $ emacs -Q --batch -f batch-byte-compile foo.el
> In toplevel form:
> /tmp/foo.el:1:8:Error: Wrong type argument: sequencep, b
That's not an optimal error message; no.
I've been trying to find out what part of the byte compiler/reader
machinery is outputting it, but I haven't found it -- does anybody else
know where this is coming from?
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-09 16:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-04-07 21:26 bug#35186: 26.1; confusing error message and location on eager dotted pair evaluation Ernesto Alfonso
2019-07-09 16:08 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen [this message]
2019-07-09 18:23 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-08-20 15:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-20 16:03 ` Michael Heerdegen
2020-08-20 16:28 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-22 21:47 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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