From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#24543: 25.1; describe-symbol doesn't show face with same name as a variable Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 11:53:00 +0300 Message-ID: <83a83ewg43.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87d1jrzufs.fsf@gmail.com> <87shizwqca.fsf@lylat> <83k22t3tg9.fsf@gnu.org> <87o9s42suz.fsf@lylat> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1501923259 2274 195.159.176.226 (5 Aug 2017 08:54:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2017 08:54:19 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 24543-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: Alex Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 05 10:54:13 2017 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dduqX-0008It-5e for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 10:54:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:55854 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dduqa-0004Tn-5o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:54:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54288) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dduqT-0004TC-Aj for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:54:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dduqQ-0001XI-Es for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:54:05 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:39781) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1dduqQ-0001Wz-AF for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1dduqQ-0004sC-05 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:54:02 -0400 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2017 08:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 24543 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Mail-Followup-To: 24543@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, agrambot@gmail.com Original-Received: via spool by 24543-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D24543.150192320018678 (code D ref 24543); Sat, 05 Aug 2017 08:54:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 24543-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 5 Aug 2017 08:53:20 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:42457 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ddupj-0004rB-MY for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:53:19 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:34280) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ddupi-0004qx-60 for 24543-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:53:18 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ddupa-0000c1-8E for 24543-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:53:12 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:42144) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ddupa-0000bw-4T; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:53:10 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:1388 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1ddupY-0006Et-VQ; Sat, 05 Aug 2017 04:53:09 -0400 In-reply-to: <87o9s42suz.fsf@lylat> (message from Alex on Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:45:24 -0600) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 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: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:135397 Archived-At: > From: Alex > Cc: 24543@debbugs.gnu.org > Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 14:45:24 -0600 > > > if so, could it break some of the users of this function out there? > > Potentially, but I don't see that being an issue in this case. The > return value isn't documented, so users shouldn't be (and likely aren't) > relying on describe-face always returning nil. It makes more sense to > treat describe-face like describe-{function, variable}. OK, I pushed the changes. Thanks.