Re: The poor state of documentation of pcase like things.

[David Kastrup]

Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: address@hidden (Phillip Lord)
>> Cc: David Kastrup <address@hidden>,  <address@hidden>,  <address@hidden>
>> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 16:44:56 +0000
>> 
>> Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
>> >> 
>> >>      — The Detailed Node Listing —
>> >>      ———————————
>> >> 
>> >>     Here are some other nodes which are really subnodes of the ones
>> >>     already listed, mentioned here so you can get to them in one step:
>> >> 
>> >> section?
>> >
>> > Yes, and it's flat.
>> >
>> > Or maybe we are not using the same English language, and your meaning
>> > of "flat" is different from mine.
>> 
>> In the sense that "Conditionals" appears in the detailed node listing,
>> but that "Pattern Matching" does not.
>
> That's simply a bug in the manual.  If no one beats me to it, I will
> fix it soon.

As much fun as proving me wrong must be, that seems excessive.  I'm
likely not alone in the belief that the "Detailed Node Listing" is an
intentional addition rather than the outcome of a bug.

-- 
David Kastrup