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bug#4402: apropos-documentation and platform-specific docs
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Stefan Monnier |
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bug#4402: apropos-documentation and platform-specific docs |
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Date: |
Sat, 12 Sep 2009 15:45:55 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
>> > DOC is an architecture-independent file, so it must include the doc
>> > strings of all symbols.
>> My question is, why must DOC be architecture independent?
>> There are certianly drawbacks to this, so what's the benefit?
Actually, I can't think of many drawbacks. Most of the problems we face
in this respect are just the tip of the iceberg, where the rest of the
iceberg is the inconsistency we have in the different implementations of
"the same" function/variable.
If we fix the real underlying problems, then there are no problems with
the DOC file.
Stefan