bug#14565: 24.3.50; Error with byte-compiled function using backward-char

[Stephen Berman]

When I evaluate and invoke each of the following functions, they both
work as expected:

(defun my-test-1 () (forward-char nil))

(defun my-test-2 () (backward-char nil))

But if I byte-compile them, only my-test-1 works; my-test-2 raises a
Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument number-or-marker-p nil)

Here are the byte codes:

(byte-code "\300\301\302\"\207" [defalias my-test-1 #[nil "\300u\207" [nil] 1]] 
3)

(byte-code "\300\301\302\"\207" [defalias my-test-2 #[nil "\300[u\207" [nil] 
1]] 3)

and here is the disassembled code:

byte code for my-test-1:
  args: nil
0       constant  nil
1       forward-char 
2       return    

byte code for my-test-2:
  args: nil
0       constant  nil
1       negate    
2       forward-char 
3       return    


In GNU Emacs 24.3.50.1 (x86_64-suse-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.4.4)
 of 2013-06-05 on rosalinde
Bzr revision: 112853 sdl.web@gmail.com-20130605074002-8mmjd1r5fvnb664v
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