Re: setq's with missing final arguments.

[Andreas Schwab]

Alan Mackenzie <address@hidden> writes:

> Hello, Emacs.
>
> Consider this file:
>
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
> (defvar foo t)
> (defvar bar t)
>
> (defun bad-setq ()
>   "Doc string"
>   (setq foo 5
>       bar))
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
>
> In the setq, there is a missing argument after "bar".  At the moment,
> the byte compiler just generates code to assign nil to bar, without
> giving any warning.  IMAO, this is Very Bad.

But consistent with how setq works.

Andreas.

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