From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#45428: 27.1; (quote (quote (quote ...))) unexpectedly works as anonymous face Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:19:09 +0100 Message-ID: <87eejc9pnm.fsf@gnus.org> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="11995"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/28.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 45428@debbugs.gnu.org To: Markus Triska Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 26 23:20:23 2020 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ktHvD-00030I-RP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:20:23 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:39336 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ktHvC-0002x0-Pz for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 17:20:22 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40322) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ktHus-0002wl-4L for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 17:20:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48521) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ktHur-0004HT-Sh for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 17:20:01 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ktHur-0007wt-NP for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 17:20:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2020 22:20:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 45428 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 45428-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B45428.160902116130505 (code B ref 45428); Sat, 26 Dec 2020 22:20:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 45428) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Dec 2020 22:19:21 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60067 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ktHuC-0007vw-RT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 17:19:21 -0500 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([95.216.78.240]:54426) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ktHuA-0007vk-SY for 45428@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 17:19:19 -0500 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnus.org; s=20200322; h=Content-Type:MIME-Version:Message-ID:In-Reply-To:Date: References:Subject:Cc:To:From:Sender:Reply-To:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From:Resent-Sender: Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Id:List-Help:List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe:List-Post:List-Owner:List-Archive; bh=01mUoyP8seYB3S/fIxEnScZ0/rRNIK30NM0u7azcsUk=; b=GiRciUz2Uu9ouTMeCPPuK7E88g jb+ed9okk46ifHgm7KCBOnWn2REtRimV+VElrLWQ1EDGFwJsqcPhzbORNRK8ZHxRMq4ZfR7SQu7qU Br16r1Zi1Dxsu2DywRaRvK+lpDyrmMB1mPqZJcVgkgqCmVgpBdepImuu5dUzy6zYv148=; Original-Received: from cm-84.212.202.86.getinternet.no ([84.212.202.86] helo=xo) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ktHu2-0000YN-N8; Sat, 26 Dec 2020 23:19:13 +0100 X-Now-Playing: Pink Floyd's _The Dark Side Of The Moon_: "Eclipse" In-Reply-To: (Markus Triska's message of "Fri, 25 Dec 2020 13:34:21 +0100") X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:196781 Archived-At: Markus Triska writes: > In this case, the anonymous face is not specified as a property list, > but as a symbolic expression of the form (quote (quote (quote ...))), > and still works. Is this the intended result, and can we rely on it? If > so, could you please document it? I think it's just that Emacs is liberal in what it receives, and tries to muddle through. For instance, the following works fine: (insert (propertize "hello" 'face (list (list (list :height 10.0))))) But this isn't something we'd want to document -- we document the recommended forms to use, even if Emacs is more liberal in what it accepts, sometimes. Anybody else got an opinion here? -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no