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bug#25109: 25.1.50; `symbol-file' is sometimes lying
From: |
Michael Heerdegen |
Subject: |
bug#25109: 25.1.50; `symbol-file' is sometimes lying |
Date: |
Sun, 04 Dec 2016 19:12:06 +0100 |
Hi,
emacs -Q:
(symbol-file 'pcase)
==> "pcase"
(require 'subr-x)
==> subr-x
(symbol-file 'pcase)
==> "/usr/local/share/emacs/25.1.50/lisp/emacs-lisp/subr-x.elc"
`pcase' is not (re)defined in subr-x.
Seems the reason for the wrong result is that the entry
(require . pcase)
in subr-x's entry in `load-history' is mistakenly treated as a
definition of the symbol "pcase".
Dunno if there are other cases like this (or unlike this). If we can't
be sure that `symbol-file' returns the correct value in any case, we
should say in the documentation that it works only heuristically. But I
guess we just need to be more accurate.
TIA,
Michael.
In GNU Emacs 25.1.50.10 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 3.22.3)
of 2016-11-22 built on drachen
Repository revision: 3f2b497cdddcf1f124f1c9f94354d5f457a4070f
Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.11804000
System Description: Debian GNU/Linux testing (stretch)
- bug#25109: 25.1.50; `symbol-file' is sometimes lying,
Michael Heerdegen <=