Strange read error

Strange read error

[Dmitry Dzhus]

I wonder why attempting to byte-compile this code with CVS version of
GNU Emacs:

    (eval-when-compile
      (require 'cc-mode))

fails with the following error:

    In toplevel form:
    test.el:2:21:Error: Invalid read syntax: ")"

While rewriting file contents with the following:

    (eval-when-compile (require 'cc-mode))

writes compiled files just fine. Seems unbelievable.

Looks like this is something specific to `cc-mode` as requiring other
libs compiles ok.

Using GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.11) of
2008-07-30.

Not sure if this is really a bug, so posting to g.e.help in hope to get
some feedback from experienced Emacs hackers.
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Re: Strange read error

[Lennart Borgman (gmail)]

Dmitry Dzhus wrote:
> I wonder why attempting to byte-compile this code with CVS version of
> GNU Emacs:
> 
>     (eval-when-compile
>       (require 'cc-mode))
> 
> fails with the following error:
> 
>     In toplevel form:
>     test.el:2:21:Error: Invalid read syntax: ")"
> 
> While rewriting file contents with the following:
> 
>     (eval-when-compile (require 'cc-mode))
> 
> writes compiled files just fine. Seems unbelievable.
> 
> Looks like this is something specific to `cc-mode` as requiring other
> libs compiles ok.
> 
> Using GNU Emacs 23.0.60.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.12.11) of
> 2008-07-30.
> 
> Not sure if this is really a bug, so posting to g.e.help in hope to get
> some feedback from experienced Emacs hackers.

This surely looks like a bug, please report it with a simple example to 
reproduce it.

Re: Strange read error

[Dmitry Dzhus]

Dmitry Dzhus wrote:

> I wonder why attempting to byte-compile this code with CVS version of
> GNU Emacs:
>
>     (eval-when-compile
>       (require 'cc-mode))
>
> fails with the following error:
>
>     In toplevel form:
>     test.el:2:21:Error: Invalid read syntax: ")"
>
> While rewriting file contents with the following:
>
>     (eval-when-compile (require 'cc-mode))
>
> writes compiled files just fine. Seems unbelievable.

This bug was fixed yesterday, see
http://emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=636
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