Handle #@00 in new reader in a compatible way (bug#63722)

This was a regression from Emacs 28.

* src/lread.c (skip_lazy_string, read0): Make #@00 read as nil, which
is a quirk from the old reader that we preserve for compatibility.
* test/src/lread-tests.el (lread-skip-to-eof): Verify it.

Reported by Richard Newton.

diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index 342d367d9855f968faa67758f1184c3eb75c9db3..29321263af3495ecb321498c81e180917ff09823 100644 (file)
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -3400,8 +3400,9 @@ read_bool_vector (Lisp_Object readcharfun)
 }
 
 /* Skip (and optionally remember) a lazily-loaded string
-   preceded by "#@".  */
-static void
+   preceded by "#@".  Return true if this was a normal skip,
+   false if we read #@00 (which skips to EOF).  */
+static bool
 skip_lazy_string (Lisp_Object readcharfun)
 {
   ptrdiff_t nskip = 0;
@@ -3427,9 +3428,9 @@ skip_lazy_string (Lisp_Object readcharfun)
       digits++;
       if (digits == 2 && nskip == 0)
        {
-         /* #@00 means "skip to end" */
+         /* #@00 means "read nil and skip to end" */
          skip_dyn_eof (readcharfun);
-         return;
+         return false;
        }
     }
 
@@ -3476,6 +3477,8 @@ skip_lazy_string (Lisp_Object readcharfun)
   else
     /* Skip that many bytes.  */
     skip_dyn_bytes (readcharfun, nskip);
+
+  return true;
 }
 
 /* Given a lazy-loaded string designator VAL, return the actual string.
@@ -3933,8 +3936,10 @@ read0 (Lisp_Object readcharfun, bool locate_syms)
            /* #@NUMBER is used to skip NUMBER following bytes.
               That's used in .elc files to skip over doc strings
               and function definitions that can be loaded lazily.  */
-           skip_lazy_string (readcharfun);
-           goto read_obj;
+           if (skip_lazy_string (readcharfun))
+             goto read_obj;
+           obj = Qnil;       /* #@00 skips to EOF and yields nil.  */
+           break;
 
          case '$':
            /* #$ -- reference to lazy-loaded string */

diff --git a/test/src/lread-tests.el b/test/src/lread-tests.el
index 459a06a39b6403d1687844a527ab941c240fa235..7d885abf364b2950eb9d5eca2d220bf7822d7802 100644 (file)
--- a/test/src/lread-tests.el
+++ b/test/src/lread-tests.el
@@ -339,4 +339,20 @@ literals (Bug#20852)."
         (should (byte-code-function-p f))
         (should (equal (aref f 4) "My little\ndoc string\nhere"))))))
 
+(ert-deftest lread-skip-to-eof ()
+  ;; Check the special #@00 syntax that, for compatibility, reads as
+  ;; nil while absorbing the remainder of the input.
+  (with-temp-buffer
+    (insert "#@00 and the rest\n"
+            "should be ignored) entirely\n")
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (should (equal (read (current-buffer)) nil))
+    (should (eobp))
+    ;; Add an unbalanced bracket to the beginning and try again;
+    ;; we should get an error.
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (insert "( ")
+    (goto-char (point-min))
+    (should-error (read (current-buffer)) :type 'end-of-file)))
+
 ;;; lread-tests.el ends here