bug#1132: quote does not signal error when given 2 or more args

[martin rudalics]

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

It does:

  if (!NILP (Fcdr (args)))
    xsignal2 (Qwrong_number_of_arguments, Qquote, Flength (args));

Try (quote foo bar) ...

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

Errors occuring during fontification must not disrupt redisplay so you
won't see them most of the time.  That's what probably happened in your
case.

martin