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bug#67483: Wrong warning position given by the byte compiler for a malfo
From: |
Stefan Monnier |
Subject: |
bug#67483: Wrong warning position given by the byte compiler for a malformed function |
Date: |
Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:44:44 -0500 |
User-agent: |
Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) |
> (defun foo ()
> (let ((bar 'bar))
> (if ("foo") ; Erroneous "function".
> (baz))))))
>
> .. Use M-x compile-defun to compile it. This gives an error message:
>
> Buffer bad-error-position.el:2:4: Warning: `foo' is a malformed function
>
> .. This position 2:4 is wrong; it is the position of the `let' symbol.
> The correct position would be 3:6, the position of the `if' symbol.
Also the message should use `"foo"` rather than `foo` (IOW,
the `%s` should be a `%S`). As a general rule of thumb, `%s` should be
used *only* when displaying the content of a string, and `%S` should be
used for most/all other cases (e.g. when displaying what we expect is
a symbol, like here).
Stefan
- bug#67483: Wrong warning position given by the byte compiler for a malformed function,
Stefan Monnier <=