Re: setq's with missing final arguments.

[Andreas Schwab]

David Kastrup <address@hidden> writes:

> Andreas Schwab <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> 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.
>
> How so?

Where did I say "documented"?

Andreas.

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