Re: Should `indirect-function' be preferred over `fboundp'?

[Ihor Radchenko <yantar92@posteo.net>]

Michael Heerdegen <michael_heerdegen@web.de> writes:

>> I think that part of the problem _for me_ is that
>>
>> (defalias 'yant/foo 'yant/bar)
>> (fboundp 'yant/foo) ; => t
>> (funcall 'yant/foo) ; => ERROR: Symbol function definition is void: yant/foo
>>
>> only shows an error for `yant/foo', which is somewhat confusing.
>> `yant/bar' is where function definition is truly void.
>
> I see and understand.  The error message can be misleading in this case.

Would it be of interest to add 2 new error types:
1. Qvoid_indirect_function
2. Qinvalid_indirect_function

It will make it more explicit that it is function indirection that has
problems.

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