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bug#24649: 24.5; Why no standard error for "Trailing garbage following e
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#24649: 24.5; Why no standard error for "Trailing garbage following expression"? |
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Fri, 23 Aug 2019 02:25:37 +0200 |
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Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:
> Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>
>> Shouldn't this error be a standard error? If not a new standard error,
>> shouldn't it at least use one of the existing standard errors, such as
>> `scan-error' or `invalid-read-syntax'?
>>
>> Otherwise, how to easily handle this error (e.g., to tell the user to
>> correct the input being read and then read again)?
>
> Makes sense to me. I'm not sure what signal to use, though -- anybody
> got an idea?
[...]
> + xsignal1 (Qinvalid_read_syntax,
> + build_string ("Trailing garbage following expression"));
There weren't any comments, so I've now applied this. If somebody has a
better idea for the error signal, please amend.
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