From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#22006: 24.5; Documentation string for while Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:28:00 +0200 Message-ID: <87v9vgiyn3.fsf@mouse.gnus.org> References: <5654CED7.6060202@lsv.fr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="105190"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cc: 22006@debbugs.gnu.org To: phs Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Aug 01 19:29:22 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 (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1htEtF-000RDX-D9 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:29:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57938 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htEtE-0007Ff-A7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:29:20 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:46577) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.86_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htEt8-0007B9-Sf for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:29:15 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1htEt6-0007ER-VA for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:29:14 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:46287) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1htEsy-0007Bh-9p for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:29:07 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htEsy-0007ZR-3J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:29:04 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:29:04 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 22006 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 22006-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B22006.156468048929020 (code B ref 22006); Thu, 01 Aug 2019 17:29:04 +0000 Original-Received: (at 22006) by debbugs.gnu.org; 1 Aug 2019 17:28:09 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:55105 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htEs4-0007Y0-Ps for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:28:08 -0400 Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.231.51]:42998) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1htEs1-0007Xq-5w for 22006@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 13:28:07 -0400 Original-Received: from 77.18.62.220.tmi.telenormobil.no ([77.18.62.220] helo=sandy) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1htErx-0002Ml-5Q; Thu, 01 Aug 2019 19:28:03 +0200 In-Reply-To: <5654CED7.6060202@lsv.fr> (phs@lsv.fr's message of "Tue, 24 Nov 2015 21:55:51 +0100") 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:164240 Archived-At: phs writes: > M-h f while > > returns: > > "while is a special form in `C source code'. > > (while TEST BODY...) > > If TEST yields non-nil, eval BODY... and repeat. > The order of execution is thus TEST, BODY, TEST, BODY and so on > until TEST returns nil." > > The documentation does not say that the form itself returns nil. (I'm going through old bug reports that have unfortunately not gotten any responses.) The manual does: The value of a @code{while} form is always @code{nil}. So I guess the doc string should, too. I've now made this change in Emacs 27. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no