Re: with-output-to-temp-buffer evaluates arg twice

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From: Denys Duchier
Date: Sun, 25 Nov 1990 19:56

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In article <9011241212.AA03776@jessica.stanford.edu> cwitty@JESSICA.STANFORD.EDU (Carl Witty) writes:
 >  The function "with-output-to-temp-buffer" evaluates its first argument
 >  twice.  That is,

Indeed, there seems to be a bug in the definition of this function in
file src/print.c.  The line that reads:

  val = Fprogn (args);

should probably be:

  val = Fprogn (Fcdr (args));

--Denys

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