From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#11460: 24.1.50; doc string of `assert' Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:36:26 -0500 Message-ID: References: <796323B5CCA7479C83BB0DD5B731553A@us.oracle.com> <87bnyggbst.fsf@building.gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1391974639 3866 80.91.229.3 (9 Feb 2014 19:37:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2014 19:37:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 11460@debbugs.gnu.org To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Feb 09 20:37:22 2014 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1WCaBt-0002AI-F3 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 20:37:21 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51905 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCaBs-000553-TO for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:37:20 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:60904) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCaBi-00054s-Lj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:37:17 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCaBa-0002K9-N5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:37:10 -0500 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:46801) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WCaBa-0002K5-KI for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:37:02 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCaBZ-0000n3-P0 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:37:01 -0500 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:37:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 11460 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 11460-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B11460.13919745923000 (code B ref 11460); Sun, 09 Feb 2014 19:37:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 11460) by debbugs.gnu.org; 9 Feb 2014 19:36:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:60820 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCaB5-0000mJ-7J for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:36:31 -0500 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:1211) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1WCaB1-0000m7-2y for 11460@debbugs.gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2014 14:36:28 -0500 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxIex/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IPAS-Result: Av8EABK/CFFFxIex/2dsb2JhbABEuzWDWRdzgh4BAQQBViMFCws0EhQYDSSIHgbBLZEKA4hhnBmBXoMV X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.84,565,1355115600"; d="scan'208";a="47149442" Original-Received: from 69-196-135-177.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([69.196.135.177]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/ADH-AES256-SHA; 09 Feb 2014 14:36:26 -0500 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 4BA2F6039B; Sun, 9 Feb 2014 14:36:26 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87bnyggbst.fsf@building.gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Sat, 08 Feb 2014 20:17:06 -0800") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 3.x X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:85095 Archived-At: > Looking at the code, I'm still not sure what the meaning here is. > (let ((sargs (and show-args > (delq nil (mapcar (lambda (x) > (unless (macroexp-const-p x) > x)) > (cdr form)))))) > So... if the elements in the rest of FORM evaluate to the same value, > they're included in the error output, but if not, not? Uhm... FWIW, this part of `cl-assert' is not only poorly documented, but it's poorly designed. And it doesn't have the excuse that it's inherited from Common Lisp. So I'd rather not document that mis-feature in any more detail. Stefan