[debbugs-tracker] bug#20241: closed (25.0.50; `setq' with only one argument)

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regarding 25.0.50; `setq' with only one argument
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> 25.0.50; `setq' with only one argument
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> Wed, 1 Apr 2015 07:53:36 -0700 (PDT)
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> See for example: `(setq mark-active)' in `compilation-goto-locus'
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> setq' should not be called with only one argument.  It "works", with the
> effect of assigning a value of nil, but it is poor form.  Typically this
> is a sign of a typo.
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> Beyond this particular occurrence, I think that a wrong-number-of-args
> error should be raised when `setq' is called with an odd number of
> arguments.  That certainly corresponds to the syntax that is documented.
> And it corresponds to the doc explanations that using `setq' is the same
> as using `set' and quoting the variable.  And it corresponds to the
> definition and behavior of `setq' in Common Lisp.
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> In GNU Emacs 25.0.50.1 (i686-pc-mingw32)
>  of 2014-10-20 on LEG570
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> In article <address@hidden> you wrote:
> > See for example: `(setq mark-active)' in `compilation-goto-locus'
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> > setq' should not be called with only one argument.  It "works", with the
> > effect of assigning a value of nil, but it is poor form.  Typically this
> > is a sign of a typo.
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> Fixed in emacs-25.  The interpreter now signals a wrong-number-of-args
> error, and the byte compiler issues a warning.
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> Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).
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