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From: | Kim F. Storm |
Subject: | Re: set-text-properties, remove-set-properties, add-text-properties: 1) doc string 2) return value |
Date: | Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:10:56 +0100 |
User-agent: | Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) |
Stefan Monnier <address@hidden> writes: >> 2. Wouldn't it be more useful for set-text-properties, >> remove-set-properties, and add-text-properties to return the modified >> OBJECT (or nil if no modification occurred)? In case OBJECT is a buffer >> (or nil), the modified buffer substring could be returned. > > Why would that be useful? Even if it was useful in some cases, it would be extremely wasteful in general. -- Kim F. Storm <address@hidden> http://www.cua.dk
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