Re: master b0eb668 2/2: * lisp/emacs-lisp/map.el (map--dispatch): Move before use.

Re: master b0eb668 2/2: * lisp/emacs-lisp/map.el (map--dispatch): Move before use.

[Nicolas Petton]

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Glenn Morris writes:

> branch: master
> commit b0eb66823f12c85d04e36ddd0e58e20c0a0694db
> Author: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Commit: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
>
>     * lisp/emacs-lisp/map.el (map--dispatch): Move before use.

There is still an issue with the byte compiler and `map-put' (it could
also happen with `map-delete'): in case of a list, a symbol has to be
used since `map-put' internally uses `setq' to mutate the map:

    (map-put mylist :b 2) ;; This is fine
    (map-put '((:a . 1)) :b 2) ;; This is not ok

While it works fine with other maps (where setq is not used):

    (map-put [a b c] 0 d) ;; This is fine, but the byte compiler will complain

The macro is using `map--dispatch' to evaluate the correct form based on
the type of the map, and while *I* know that `setq' will only be used if
`map' is a list, the byte compiler doesn't seem to know that, and throws
an error.

Wrapping the call to `setq' in an `if' form to check if `map' is a
symbol could maybe fix the issue, but I was wondering if there was a
better solution.

Cheers,
Nico
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Nicolas Petton
http://nicolas-petton.fr

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