# HG changeset patch
# User Kevin Ryde <user42@zip.com.au>
# Date 1255910116 0
# Node ID f14d7d76a8f2f65acfab0ca8f3e84ebd49d3bff0
# Parent  933cd581fbcf7d6d6c409a6b1aa500f7d0ad6e0e
(browse-url): Identify alist with "consp and
not functionp" and let all other things go down the `apply' leg,
as suggested by Stefan.  (Further to bug#4531.)

diff -r 933cd581fbcf -r f14d7d76a8f2 lisp/net/browse-url.el
--- a/lisp/net/browse-url.el	Sun Oct 18 23:12:02 2009 +0000
+++ b/lisp/net/browse-url.el	Sun Oct 18 23:55:16 2009 +0000
@@ -778,20 +778,20 @@
     ;; which may not even exist any more.
     (if (stringp (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'display))
         (setenv "DISPLAY" (frame-parameter (selected-frame) 'display)))
-    ;; Send any symbol to `apply', not just fboundp ones, since void-function
-    ;; from apply is clearer than wrong-type-argument from dolist.
-    (if (or (symbolp browse-url-browser-function)
-            (functionp browse-url-browser-function))
-        (apply browse-url-browser-function url args)
-      ;; The `function' can be an alist; look down it for first match
-      ;; and apply the function (which might be a lambda).
-      (catch 'done
-        (dolist (bf browse-url-browser-function)
-          (when (string-match (car bf) url)
-            (apply (cdr bf) url args)
-            (throw 'done t)))
-        (error "No browse-url-browser-function matching URL %s"
-               url)))))
+    (if (and (consp browse-url-browser-function)
+	     (not (functionp browse-url-browser-function)))
+	;; The `function' can be an alist; look down it for first match
+	;; and apply the function (which might be a lambda).
+	(catch 'done
+	  (dolist (bf browse-url-browser-function)
+	    (when (string-match (car bf) url)
+	      (apply (cdr bf) url args)
+	      (throw 'done t)))
+	  (error "No browse-url-browser-function matching URL %s"
+		 url))
+      ;; Unbound symbols go down this leg, since void-function from
+      ;; apply is clearer than wrong-type-argument from dolist.
+      (apply browse-url-browser-function url args))))
 
 ;;;###autoload
 (defun browse-url-at-point (&optional arg)