bug#1132: =5397cquote=5397d does not signal error when given 2 or more args

[xah lee]

Summary: perhaps the “quote” special form should signal an error  
when given more than one argument?


Detail:

I was trying to write a mode , working on my font-lock-keywords...

after few hours of frustration and help from gnu.emacs.help, it turns  
out that the “quote” takes one argument only.

i.e.

'(...)
is equivalent to
(quote (...))
not
(quote ...)

However, elisp does not indicate any error when “quote” is given  
more than one argument. Perhaps this is something that can be improved?

Kevin Rodgers wrote:
«Indeed.  Is it a bug that quote does not signal "Wrong number of  
arguments"?  I know that special forms do not necessarily evaluate  
their arguments, but neither do macros and eval/apply manages to make  
sure that the number of supplied arguments conforms to a macro's  
argument list.»

... For what's worth.

  Xah
∑ http://xahlee.org/

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