bug#4835: 23.1; Improper `Invalid face reference' messages. Performance degraded.

[Chong Yidong]

"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:

> Nonsense. You could say that it's crystal clear from the Elisp manual
> that _function_ was meant (since that's what is says) and not symbol
> function or "function name" (which would be a string). The code is
> bugged wrt its mission as documented in the manual, which is the
> closest thing we have to a spec.

Nonsense.  The manual is not a spec.