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bug#24649: 24.5; Why no standard error for "Trailing garbage following e
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#24649: 24.5; Why no standard error for "Trailing garbage following expression"? |
Date: |
Fri, 23 Aug 2019 12:18:16 +0300 |
> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: drew.adams@oracle.com, 24649@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2019 10:16:04 +0200
>
> >> > + xsignal1 (Qinvalid_read_syntax,
> >> > + build_string ("Trailing garbage following
> >> > expression"));
> >>
> >> There weren't any comments, so I've now applied this. If somebody has a
> >> better idea for the error signal, please amend.
> >
> > Thanks, but this change needs to be reflected in the ELisp manual,
> > where currently invalid-read-syntax is documented for a different use
> > case.
>
> Let's see... Qargs_out_of_range would be inappropriate... And
> Qwrong_type_argument... Perhaps the closest one of the predefined
> errors would be Qend_of_file?
>
> Or we could have a new one. `garbage-follows-expression'? That's
> pretty explicit.
We don't have to invent a new symbol, we just need to document in
"Standard errors" that this error is also signaled an the situation
described in this bug report.