From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#44365: 27.1; intern-soft given a symbol never returns nil Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 15:20:34 +0100 Message-ID: <87zh41yx8t.fsf@igel.home> References: <87blghcizx.fsf@gnus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="14178"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen , rswgnu@gmail.com, 44365@debbugs.gnu.org To: Robert Weiner Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 01 15:21:10 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 1kZEEI-0003Zt-Dy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 15:21:10 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45590 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZEEH-0002Qf-FS for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:21:09 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:44442) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZEEB-0002QR-27 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:21:03 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:52765) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1kZEE9-0007ul-MI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:21:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kZEE9-0005sY-J1 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:21:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:21:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 44365 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug Original-Received: via spool by 44365-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B44365.160424043922548 (code B ref 44365); Sun, 01 Nov 2020 14:21:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 44365) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Nov 2020 14:20:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36078 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kZEDn-0005rc-DZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:20:39 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.10]:44473) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1kZEDm-0005rU-0n for 44365@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2020 09:20:38 -0500 Original-Received: from frontend01.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.182]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CPJ9c40jXz1rtjV; Sun, 1 Nov 2020 15:20:36 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.6.70]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CPJ9c1Rd5z1sM9Q; Sun, 1 Nov 2020 15:20:36 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.182]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.6.70]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id DEutLRV-uZLJ; Sun, 1 Nov 2020 15:20:35 +0100 (CET) X-Auth-Info: szZ/DqwBF3g6FCWcmYD3UkQdTdTeL61F5nT7ym/L9jpAJpmN7ld6PmdiFg8UuXpm Original-Received: from igel.home (ppp-46-244-171-138.dynamic.mnet-online.de [46.244.171.138]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA; Sun, 1 Nov 2020 15:20:35 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: by igel.home (Postfix, from userid 1000) id F05172C0C4C; Sun, 1 Nov 2020 15:20:34 +0100 (CET) X-Yow: Is this TERMINAL fun? In-Reply-To: (Robert Weiner's message of "Sun, 1 Nov 2020 08:55:57 -0500") 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:192381 Archived-At: On Nov 01 2020, Robert Weiner wrote: > "Return the canonical symbol named NAME, or nil if none exists. > NAME may be a string or a symbol. If it is a symbol, that exact > symbol is searched for." > > So, the doc string must need changing if your view is correct. There is no bug here. Since the symbol already exists in the obarry, it is returned. If you pass it a symbol that doesn't exist in the obarray, the function returns nil. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 7578 EB47 D4E5 4D69 2510 2552 DF73 E780 A9DA AEC1 "And now for something completely different."