Re: c++-mode: Invalid function: (setq ad-return-value?(ad-Orig-c-parse-state))

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Andrew.
Andrew Pennebaker <andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Updated<https://github.com/mcandre/mcandre/tree/4b8512cf84c4e3553d43182a8a5c72f6f37566f8/cpp/fizzy>code
> example. I had to copy and paste `i` and `{` on lines 48 and 49,
> because Emacs kept complaining

> "Invalid function: (setq ad-return-value (ad-Orig-c-parse-state))"


> On Tue, Mar 26, 2013 at 4:12 PM, Andrew Pennebaker <
> andrew.pennebaker@gmail.com> wrote:

>> I can't insert important C++ characters into my code (attached). When I
>> press ; or { Emacs shows an error in the minibuffer:

>> "Invalid function: (setq ad-return-value (ad-Orig-c-parse-state))"

>> Major mode is c++-mode.

>> Using Emacs 24.2.1.

>> --
>> Cheers,

>> Andrew Pennebaker
>> www.yellosoft.us

Like Leo suggested, it looks like somebody's put a `defadvice' on
c-parse-state, though I've no idea why that should produce an "Invalid
function" error.  The code for advice has changed somewhat between Emacs
24.2 and 24.3.

Can you say why c-parse-state was advised?  Possibly for debugging?  In
that context, I would strongly advise you upgrade your Emacs to 24.3.  In
Emacs 24.2, c-parse-state was buggy, and now it is, well, less buggy.  ;-)


> -- 
> Cheers,

> Andrew Pennebaker
> www.yellosoft.us

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Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).