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bug#12674: 24.2.50; doc of `locate-file'
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Lars Ingebrigtsen |
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bug#12674: 24.2.50; doc of `locate-file' |
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Sat, 08 Feb 2014 18:58:42 -0800 |
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Gnus/5.13001 (Ma Gnus v0.10) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) |
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
> The description in the Elisp manual is fine. The doc string is
> generally OK, except for its second sentence. This part of the second
> sentence is not clear (meaningless, misleading): ", with its suffixes".
>
> It's unclear what that might mean (return the absolute file name, plus a
> list of its suffixes?). But it certainly cannot mean what really
> happens: the absolute file name is returned, including ONE of the
> suffixes if appropriate.
>
> Just say what the manual says: the absolute file name is returned:
>
> If it finds such a file, it returns the file's absolute file name;
> otherwise it returns `nil'.
Fixed on trunk.
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