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bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect |
Date: |
Thu, 14 Jul 2011 06:06:56 +0300 |
> From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: schwab@linux-m68k.org, monkey@sandpframing.com, 6576@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 01:50:59 +0200
>
> > "Return the codepoint of the first character of STRING.
> >
> > Value is the Unicode codepoint, if it is below #x110000 (in hex).
> > Codepoints beyond that are Emacs extensions of Unicode. In
> > particular, eight-bit characters are returned as codepoints in
> > the range #x3FFF80 through #x3FFFFF, inclusive."
>
> I've now installed a slight variation on this in Emacs 24.
>
> But after checking it in, I started wondering whether this doc string
> really makes sense. The function returns an Emacs character, and it
> would be rather weird if all functions that take or return an Emacs
> character goes through that entire explanation.
Which other functions would need this?
> Is there a specific reason this particular function deserves this
> detailed explanation?
If you can suggest a better one that takes care of the original bug
report, please show your suggestion.
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/07/13
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/13
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/07/14
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/07/14
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/07/14
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/07/14
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/07/14
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Eli Zaretskii, 2011/07/14
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen, 2011/07/14
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, MON KEY, 2011/07/15
- bug#6576: documentation `string-to-char' is incorrect, Chong Yidong, 2011/07/21