* lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el (lisp--local-variables): Catch `end-of-file'

error from `read-from-string'.

Fixes: debbugs:16850

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/lisp/ChangeLog b/lisp/ChangeLog
index 56ff5b1c506..01017ad7fc2 100644
--- a/lisp/ChangeLog
+++ b/lisp/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 2014-02-26  Dmitry Gutov  <dgutov@yandex.ru>
 
+        * emacs-lisp/lisp.el (lisp--local-variables): Catch `end-of-file'
+        error from `read-from-string'.  (Bug#16850)
+
         * emacs-lisp/ert.el (ert-run-tests-interactively): `read' the
         result of `completing-read' in the interactive form.  (Bug#16854)
 
diff --git a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el
index 03be2f5c1aa..0487515a142 100644
--- a/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el
+++ b/lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el
@@ -719,8 +719,10 @@ considered."
       (dolist (p (nth 9 ppss))
         (push (cdr (syntax-after p)) closer))
       (setq closer (apply #'string closer))
-      (let* ((sexp (car (read-from-string
-                         (concat txt "lisp--witness--lisp" closer))))
+      (let* ((sexp (condition-case nil
+                       (car (read-from-string
+                             (concat txt "lisp--witness--lisp" closer)))
+                     (end-of-file nil)))
              (macroexpand-advice (lambda (expander form &rest args)
                                    (condition-case nil
                                        (apply expander form args)