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authorLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2022-06-27 12:36:37 +0200
committerLars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>2022-06-27 12:36:37 +0200
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Add new type predicate plistp
* lisp/subr.el (plistp): New type predicate (bug#47427). This referred to in the error message from plist-put: "Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument plistp (a b c))".
-rw-r--r--lisp/subr.el6
-rw-r--r--test/lisp/subr-tests.el9
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/lisp/subr.el b/lisp/subr.el
index b05471f0c3e..69cff23cba8 100644
--- a/lisp/subr.el
+++ b/lisp/subr.el
@@ -4006,6 +4006,12 @@ Otherwise, return nil."
(setq object (indirect-function object)))
(and (subrp object) (eq (cdr (subr-arity object)) 'unevalled)))
+(defun plistp (object)
+ "Non-nil if and only if OBJECT is a valid plist."
+ (and (listp object)
+ (proper-list-p object)
+ (zerop (mod (length object) 2))))
+
(defun macrop (object)
"Non-nil if and only if OBJECT is a macro."
(let ((def (indirect-function object)))
diff --git a/test/lisp/subr-tests.el b/test/lisp/subr-tests.el
index 45dd2d71603..ced2bc5c4e5 100644
--- a/test/lisp/subr-tests.el
+++ b/test/lisp/subr-tests.el
@@ -1081,5 +1081,14 @@ final or penultimate step during initialization."))
(dolist (c (list ?a ?b ?α ?β))
(should-not (char-uppercase-p c))))
+(ert-deftest test-plistp ()
+ (should (plistp nil))
+ (should-not (plistp 1))
+ (should (plistp '(1 2)))
+ (should-not (plistp '(1 . 2)))
+ (should (plistp '(1 2 3 4)))
+ (should-not (plistp '(1 2 3)))
+ (should-not (plistp '(1 2 3 . 4))))
+
(provide 'subr-tests)
;;; subr-tests.el ends here