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#20852: 24.3; update-file-autoloads doesn't accept unescaped parenthesis character literal Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:24:49 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1434749128 12172 80.91.229.3 (19 Jun 2015 21:25:28 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:25:28 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 20852@debbugs.gnu.org To: Philipp Stephani Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 19 23:25:16 2015 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 1Z63mh-0001tw-DZ for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 23:25:11 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60019 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z63mg-0007KY-Lx for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:25:10 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:34163) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z63md-0007Ht-H2 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:25:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z63mZ-0002BC-Vl for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:25:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:50858) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Z63mZ-0002Am-QH for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:25:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z63mZ-0002XI-Dy for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:25:03 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Stefan Monnier Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:25:03 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 20852 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 20852-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B20852.14347490999736 (code B ref 20852); Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:25:03 +0000 Original-Received: (at 20852) by debbugs.gnu.org; 19 Jun 2015 21:24:59 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52304 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z63mU-0002Wx-Fo for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:24:58 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.teksavvy.com ([206.248.154.181]:9228) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Z63mR-0002Wh-CS for 20852@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:24:56 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: A0CVDQA731xV/6Uwq8BcgxCEAsEVh0sEAgKBPDoTAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBAwFWIwULCw4mEhQYDSSINwjPIwEBAQEGAQEBAR6LOoUFB4QtBZ8XjhaHVyOCO4FZIoJ4AQEB X-IPAS-Result: A0CVDQA731xV/6Uwq8BcgxCEAsEVh0sEAgKBPDoTAQEBAQEBAYEKQQWDXQEBAwFWIwULCw4mEhQYDSSINwjPIwEBAQEGAQEBAR6LOoUFB4QtBZ8XjhaHVyOCO4FZIoJ4AQEB X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="5.13,465,1427774400"; d="scan'208";a="127543094" Original-Received: from 192-171-48-165.cpe.pppoe.ca (HELO ceviche.home) ([192.171.48.165]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP/TLS/DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA; 19 Jun 2015 17:24:49 -0400 Original-Received: by ceviche.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 622F566125; Fri, 19 Jun 2015 17:24:49 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Philipp Stephani's message of "Fri, 19 Jun 2015 21:22:48 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (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:104140 Archived-At: > Create an Elisp file such as > (defvar foo ?() > and try to run `update-file-autoloads' on it. This will fail with an > unbalanced parenthesis error. However, this is valid (albeit > discouraged) Elisp code. Yes: don't do that. Use (defvar foo ?\() instead. This same error will appear during interactive editing of that code. Stefan