From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "David Vanderschel" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: simple... bug? Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 02:49:19 -0500 Organization: hardly ever ;-) Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1066204860 405 80.91.224.253 (15 Oct 2003 08:01:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 08:01:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Oct 15 10:00:58 2003 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1A9gaY-0006ZE-00 for ; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 10:00:58 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.24) id 1A9gZy-0006wA-VU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 15 Oct 2003 04:00:22 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!216.166.71.14!border3.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!intern1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!nntp.texas.net!news.texas.net.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2003 02:49:18 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Original-Lines: 23 Original-X-Trace: sv3-fqzQiSH8sgxy78Rk7WrgDnCGzas12mQzPFqmYAGw70L/CTwXCqOB0VL1g6IjnlMIGLuxQwc5L456DVo!iL9cSCFSiGvdck0sq0FfXB23jarItH9+pBwbFhb+8z7OnOwbLg5eTZjfC34M Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@texas.net X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@texas.net X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.1 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:117262 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:13191 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:13191 "Joe Corneli" wrote in message news:mailman.1649.1066115958.21628.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org... > Am I making some _extremely_ subtle mistake? Not all that subtle, but easy to do. What surprises me is that Joe's mistake did not cause an error message. When I try Joe's function, I get Signaling: (void-variable list-of-squares) Ie., the function does not even execute successfully. I suspect that Joe had also created an instance of list-of-squares at top level and its value is the one being returned. Joe, I think you could have easily resolved your symptom had you tried stepping through the code with edebug. edebug is your friend! :) Regards, David V.