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bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch'
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Štěpán Němec |
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bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch' |
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Sun, 11 Jul 2010 15:44:34 +0200 |
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
>> From: Štěpán Němec <stepnem@gmail.com>
>> Cc: 6591@debbugs.gnu.org, rms@gnu.org
>> Date: Sun, 11 Jul 2010 12:59:38 +0200
>>
>> >> Well, just look at `when' -- ISTM it has the very same "problem" as
>> >> discussed here. And it's probably not the only one/two.
>> >
>> > Sorry, I don't get your point. Sure, there are places in the manual
>> > that use "FORM...", but that doesn't necessarily mean it's the only
>> > possible way of describing that. "BODY..." is used in quite a few
>> > places as well, and I was only talking about those.
>>
>> You were asking about BODY...
>> `when' uses BODY..., and IMO in `when' `BODY...' means the very same
>> thing as in `catch' (i.e., "any number of forms"), which you're now
>> apparently about to change.
>
> I think you are using an old version of the ELisp manual. The latest
> one on the trunk doesn't use BODY... That's why I misunderstood your
> point.
(describe-function 'when)
> But yes, I know that `catch' is not the only one that uses BODY... and
> I intended to change them all.
I just hope you're not going to change them to `BODY' instead of
`BODY...', as that would mean
(when (condition)
(a single form))
`FORM...' would seem more clear, but I don't really care that much.
Štěpán
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', (continued)
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Drew Adams, 2010/07/10
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Eli Zaretskii, 2010/07/10
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Drew Adams, 2010/07/10
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Eli Zaretskii, 2010/07/10
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Drew Adams, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Eli Zaretskii, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Štěpán Němec, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Eli Zaretskii, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Štěpán Němec, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Eli Zaretskii, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch',
Štěpán Němec <=
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Eli Zaretskii, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Andreas Schwab, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Drew Adams, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Eli Zaretskii, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Drew Adams, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Eli Zaretskii, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Chong Yidong, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Drew Adams, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Chong Yidong, 2010/07/11
- bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch', Drew Adams, 2010/07/11