From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#6591: 24.0.50; incorrect doc for `catch' Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:31:45 -0700 Message-ID: <044C8EC09B344720B4A728740D68C158@us.oracle.com> References: <5500EFEE9A854408ABF0FE400497FE2D@us.oracle.com><83tyo7aiay.fsf@gnu.org><83mxtz9zbn.fsf@gnu.org><3ACAED77613643B7B2FC0207DDE11F11@us.oracle.com><83y6djuyah.fsf@gnu.org><38AC360676154EFF8DF9F35945B6EFAE@us.oracle.com><83sk3qv922.fsf@gnu.org> <87lj9infkq.fsf@stupidchicken.com><526FD0D227F74C5EB38D8F5B903749E1@us.oracle.com><18EB402ADCE24992BF75AD91D64983FD@us.oracle.com><5F77CAC8A1ED4CD19FFE4DA49C3BBF14@us.oracle.com><6687A7F5E2BC445C81F8BA96456112AA@us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1278954091 18153 80.91.229.12 (12 Jul 2010 17:01:31 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 17:01:31 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 'Chong Yidong' , 6591@debbugs.gnu.org, 'Richard Stallman' To: "'Andreas Schwab'" Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jul 12 19:01:30 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OYMNl-0003dC-Ij for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; 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Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:31:46 -0700 Original-Received: from dradamslap1 (/130.35.178.194) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Mon, 12 Jul 2010 09:31:45 -0700 X-Mailer: Microsoft Office Outlook 11 Thread-Index: Acsh3Od2AXFCwtldTpudEcCX/Rf5/wAAfd2Q In-Reply-To: X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.5931 X-Source-IP: acsmt354.oracle.com [141.146.40.154] X-Auth-Type: Internal IP X-CT-RefId: str=0001.0A090209.4C3B43AF.0177:SCFMA4539814,ss=1,fgs=0 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Mon, 12 Jul 2010 12:33:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:38453 Archived-At: > BODY... or FORM... or SEXP... or whatever you call it matches the > arguments that follow TAG. OK, that's also Eli's interpretation of `...'. In that case, BODY is _not_ repeated (repeatable). And in that case, FORM... or SEXP... would not be appropriate. The body is not a sexp. This interpretation of `...' is unconventional, atypical. Outside Emacs, `...' typically means repetition of what it follows - in this case BODY. It's fine for Emacs to have an unusual syntax convention, but it needs to be documented.