bug#53227: master: Wrong error message with M-: (funcall).

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Robert Pluim <rpluim@gmail.com> writes:

> Itʼs not Ffuncall's responsibility to check that, itʼs 'eval' that
> should be doing it. Compare with eg M-: (format), which correctly
> signals 'wrong-number-of-arguments.

Or rather macroexpand-all:

(macroexpand-all '(format))
=> (format)

(macroexpand-all '(funcall))
=> (funcall nil)

Perhaps Stefan has some insights into this; added to the CCs.

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