(Fread_char, Fread_char_exclusive): If no character event is read

before timeout is reached, return nil, rather than converting to a
number.

1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/src/lread.c b/src/lread.c
index f36162b1a85..58faf747d1f 100644
--- a/src/lread.c
+++ b/src/lread.c
@@ -791,13 +791,13 @@ floating-point value.  */)
      Lisp_Object prompt, inherit_input_method, seconds;
 {
   Lisp_Object val;
-  int c;
 
   if (! NILP (prompt))
     message_with_string ("%s", prompt, 0);
   val = read_filtered_event (1, 1, 1, ! NILP (inherit_input_method), seconds);
-  c = XINT (val);
-  return make_number (char_resolve_modifier_mask (c));
+
+  return (NILP (val) ? Qnil
+          : make_number (char_resolve_modifier_mask (XINT (val))));
 }
 
 DEFUN ("read-event", Fread_event, Sread_event, 0, 3, 0,
@@ -836,13 +836,14 @@ floating-point value.  */)
      Lisp_Object prompt, inherit_input_method, seconds;
 {
   Lisp_Object val;
-  int c;
 
   if (! NILP (prompt))
     message_with_string ("%s", prompt, 0);
+
   val = read_filtered_event (1, 1, 0, ! NILP (inherit_input_method), seconds);
-  c = XINT (val);
-  return make_number (char_resolve_modifier_mask (c));
+
+  return (NILP (val) ? Qnil
+          : make_number (char_resolve_modifier_mask (XINT (val))));
 }
 
 DEFUN ("get-file-char", Fget_file_char, Sget_file_char, 0, 0, 0,