From: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>
To: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Why malformed let-form is silently accepted?
Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2014 23:52:56 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87k353utaf.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwva95zffgm.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org
Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>> (let 1) ==> eval: Wrong type argument: sequencep, 1
>> (let [1 2 3 4]) ==> nil ???
>
> I don't think the behavior matters much when we pass invalid code to
> `eval'. OTOH it's important that we report it when byte-compiling it.
>
>
> Stefan "`eval' is just a crutch needed for bootstrapping"
Chewing is just a crutch when nobody is regurgitating for you.
--
David Kastrup
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-09-16 21:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-09-16 16:59 Why malformed let-form is silently accepted? Dmitry Antipov
2014-09-16 21:02 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-09-16 21:52 ` David Kastrup [this message]
2014-09-16 23:47 ` Stephen J. Turnbull
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