bug#69533: 30.0.50; Wrong byte compilation of a certain apply syntax

[Basil L. Contovounesios]

Michael Heerdegen [2024-03-04 09:10 +0100] wrote:

> "Basil L. Contovounesios" <basil@contovou.net> writes:
>
>> Just curious: which convention are you referring to, and why do you
>> say it's new?
>
> The convention that (apply (F . ARGS)) == (apply F . ARGS).
>
>>  AFAICT the only recent Emacs version which accepted
>> (apply '(+ 1 2)) without any complaint is Emacs 28.
>
> So it is quite new.

Depends: in interpreted code, it's worked since at least as far back as
Emacs 24.  Emacs 28 is the only version in which it successfully
byte-compiles, and doesn't emit any warnings.  Emacs 29 and 30 choke.

-- 
Basil