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bug#1132: =5397cquote=5397d does not signal error when given 2 or more a
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xah lee |
Subject: |
bug#1132: =5397cquote=5397d does not signal error when given 2 or more args |
Date: |
Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:37:29 -0700 |
Summary: perhaps the “quote” special form should signal an error
when given more than one argument?
Detail:
I was trying to write a mode , working on my font-lock-keywords...
after few hours of frustration and help from gnu.emacs.help, it turns
out that the “quote” takes one argument only.
i.e.
'(...)
is equivalent to
(quote (...))
not
(quote ...)
However, elisp does not indicate any error when “quote” is given
more than one argument. Perhaps this is something that can be improved?
Kevin Rodgers wrote:
«Indeed. Is it a bug that quote does not signal "Wrong number of
arguments"? I know that special forms do not necessarily evaluate
their arguments, but neither do macros and eval/apply manages to make
sure that the number of supplied arguments conforms to a macro's
argument list.»
... For what's worth.
Xah
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