Re: bug#1406: backward-up-list reports scan error incorrectly?

[Alan Mackenzie]

Hi, Xah!

> > though, isn't this something easy to fix?

> No, because it isn't a bug.  It's the way the function is meant to work.
> If there is a bug, it's that the doc-string (and maybe the elisp manual,
> I haven't looked) is vague and incomplete.

I've amended the Emacs manual (.../doc/emacs/programs.texi) and the doc
strings of `backward-up-list' and several similar functions
(.../lisp/emacs-lisp/lisp.el).

If you're interested, have a look at the changes in
<http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/emacs/?root=emacs>.

-- 
Alan Mackenzie (Nuremberg, Germany).