From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#35164: 25.1; `re-search-forward' docstring args Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 09:17:48 +0300 Message-ID: <83ef6fbqsz.fsf@gnu.org> References: <861s2gffd3.fsf@zoho.eu> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="41031"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 35164@debbugs.gnu.org To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Apr 06 08:21:43 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1hCehy-000AZz-Ao for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 08:21:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51191 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hCehx-0002lJ-9P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:21:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:54865) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hCehk-0002g9-Jm for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:21:29 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hCefP-0007m4-6l for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:19:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:32937) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hCefO-0007lo-J8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:19:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hCefO-0002EH-D3 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:19:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 06 Apr 2019 06:19:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 35164 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 35164-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B35164.15545314888499 (code B ref 35164); Sat, 06 Apr 2019 06:19:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 35164) by debbugs.gnu.org; 6 Apr 2019 06:18:08 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46481 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hCeeW-0002D1-1y for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:18:08 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:40027) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1hCeeU-0002CY-6V for 35164@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:18:06 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:36816) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1hCeeO-0007DZ-Jj; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:18:00 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=3290 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1hCeeN-0002MK-Rg; Sat, 06 Apr 2019 02:18:00 -0400 In-reply-to: <861s2gffd3.fsf@zoho.eu> (message from Emanuel Berg on Fri, 05 Apr 2019 20:59:04 +0200) 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: 209.51.188.43 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:157245 Archived-At: > From: Emanuel Berg > Date: Fri, 05 Apr 2019 20:59:04 +0200 > > The `re-search-forward' docstring does not > mention its arguments according to the norm. > And it makes sense, often the first thing I do > when I bring up the help buffer for a function > is to search for a particular argument to see > what it does. All the arguments are mentioned in the doc string, so I don't think I understand this report. What "norm" are you alluding to, and how exactly does the doc string violate it?