From: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>
Cc: 24982@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24982: 24.5; way to let Elisp reader ignore unreadable #(...) constructs
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2020 12:25:57 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <b22db918-90c8-4f03-b085-ed9a43975d38@default> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CADwFkmm8n9KKASi1bToXd-zASKb3C_Xx_itaWYVDfhKSnJ_EVg@mail.gmail.com>
> > Enhancement request:
> >
> > Provide a Boolean variable or a wrapper macro that has the effect of not
> > raising an error but just skipping over any unreadable #(...) construct.
> >
> > (I really wish this were available for older Emacs versions. Those are
> > the ones that barf on #(...) constructs that are supported in later
> > versions.
>
> What's the use-case here? Why can't you use `ignore-errors'?
(ignore-errors (read (current-buffer))
doesn't advance over the sexp.
I guess what I mean is a #() construct that raises
an (invalid-read-syntax "#") error. A situation
where there is, in fact, a #(...) present but that
error gets raised.
It's possible that the request is underspecified;
dunno.
The parenthetical remark in the request is really
the motivation. For older Emacs the syntax #(...)
didn't exist. But that error can still be raised,
when the syntax of the `...' isn't valid.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-08-22 19:25 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-11-21 21:47 bug#24982: 24.5; way to let Elisp reader ignore unreadable #(...) constructs Drew Adams
2018-04-02 19:32 ` Juri Linkov
2018-04-02 20:31 ` Drew Adams
2018-04-02 20:54 ` Juri Linkov
2018-04-02 21:32 ` Drew Adams
2018-04-03 20:06 ` Juri Linkov
2020-08-22 19:13 ` Stefan Kangas
2020-08-22 19:17 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-22 19:28 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-22 19:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-08-22 22:44 ` Drew Adams
2020-08-22 19:25 ` Drew Adams [this message]
2022-02-13 8:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-02-13 17:33 ` bug#24982: [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-02-13 17:53 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-02-13 18:03 ` Drew Adams
2022-02-14 4:15 ` Richard Stallman
2022-04-30 17:01 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-04-30 17:26 ` Drew Adams
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