* bug#38844: 28.0.50; Incorrect result by help-fns--mention-first-release
@ 2020-01-01 9:36 Xu Chunyang
2020-01-01 10:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-08-30 2:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Xu Chunyang @ 2020-01-01 9:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 38844
C-h f exec-path mentions "Probably introduced at or before Emacs
version 22.1.", however, according to NEWS.27 the function exec-path
is introduced in Emacs 27.1. I checked that Emacs 24.5 doesn't provide
the function exec-path.
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* bug#38844: 28.0.50; Incorrect result by help-fns--mention-first-release
2020-01-01 9:36 bug#38844: 28.0.50; Incorrect result by help-fns--mention-first-release Xu Chunyang
@ 2020-01-01 10:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-01-01 11:38 ` Xu Chunyang
2021-08-30 2:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 1 reply; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2020-01-01 10:22 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: 38844, xuchunyang56
On January 1, 2020 11:36:28 AM GMT+02:00, Xu Chunyang <xuchunyang56@gmail.com> wrote:
> C-h f exec-path mentions "Probably introduced at or before Emacs
> version 22.1.", however, according to NEWS.27 the function exec-path
> is introduced in Emacs 27.1. I checked that Emacs 24.5 doesn't provide
> the function exec-path.
That's because 'exec-path' the variable was introduced a long time ago. The heuristics we use to search the NEWS files for symbols cannot distinguish between diffetent kinds that have the same names.
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* bug#38844: 28.0.50; Incorrect result by help-fns--mention-first-release
2020-01-01 10:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2020-01-01 11:38 ` Xu Chunyang
2020-01-01 12:58 ` Xu Chunyang
2020-01-01 16:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Xu Chunyang @ 2020-01-01 11:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 38844
Another case is the function file-size-human-readable, C-h f says it
probably is added in 27.1, but I checked it's available in 24.5,
though NEWS.27 does mention the function
> ** The function 'file-size-human-readable' accepts more optional arguments.
On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 6:22 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
>
> On January 1, 2020 11:36:28 AM GMT+02:00, Xu Chunyang <xuchunyang56@gmail.com> wrote:
> > C-h f exec-path mentions "Probably introduced at or before Emacs
> > version 22.1.", however, according to NEWS.27 the function exec-path
> > is introduced in Emacs 27.1. I checked that Emacs 24.5 doesn't provide
> > the function exec-path.
>
> That's because 'exec-path' the variable was introduced a long time ago. The heuristics we use to search the NEWS files for symbols cannot distinguish between diffetent kinds that have the same names
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* bug#38844: 28.0.50; Incorrect result by help-fns--mention-first-release
2020-01-01 11:38 ` Xu Chunyang
@ 2020-01-01 12:58 ` Xu Chunyang
2020-01-01 16:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Xu Chunyang @ 2020-01-01 12:58 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Eli Zaretskii; +Cc: 38844
I just noticed 27.1 in "Probably introduced at or before Emacs version
27.1." is clickable and linked to relevant NEWS entry. It makes more
sense to me now.
On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 7:38 PM Xu Chunyang <xuchunyang56@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Another case is the function file-size-human-readable, C-h f says it
> probably is added in 27.1, but I checked it's available in 24.5,
> though NEWS.27 does mention the function
>
> > ** The function 'file-size-human-readable' accepts more optional arguments.
>
> On Wed, Jan 1, 2020 at 6:22 PM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> >
> > On January 1, 2020 11:36:28 AM GMT+02:00, Xu Chunyang <xuchunyang56@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > C-h f exec-path mentions "Probably introduced at or before Emacs
> > > version 22.1.", however, according to NEWS.27 the function exec-path
> > > is introduced in Emacs 27.1. I checked that Emacs 24.5 doesn't provide
> > > the function exec-path.
> >
> > That's because 'exec-path' the variable was introduced a long time ago. The heuristics we use to search the NEWS files for symbols cannot distinguish between diffetent kinds that have the same names
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* bug#38844: 28.0.50; Incorrect result by help-fns--mention-first-release
2020-01-01 11:38 ` Xu Chunyang
2020-01-01 12:58 ` Xu Chunyang
@ 2020-01-01 16:32 ` Eli Zaretskii
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Eli Zaretskii @ 2020-01-01 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xu Chunyang; +Cc: 38844
> From: Xu Chunyang <xuchunyang56@gmail.com>
> Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 19:38:08 +0800
> Cc: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org, 38844@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Another case is the function file-size-human-readable, C-h f says it
> probably is added in 27.1, but I checked it's available in 24.5,
> though NEWS.27 does mention the function
Fixed.
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* bug#38844: 28.0.50; Incorrect result by help-fns--mention-first-release
2020-01-01 9:36 bug#38844: 28.0.50; Incorrect result by help-fns--mention-first-release Xu Chunyang
2020-01-01 10:22 ` Eli Zaretskii
@ 2021-08-30 2:02 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
1 sibling, 0 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Lars Ingebrigtsen @ 2021-08-30 2:02 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Xu Chunyang; +Cc: 38844
Xu Chunyang <xuchunyang56@gmail.com> writes:
> C-h f exec-path mentions "Probably introduced at or before Emacs
> version 22.1.", however, according to NEWS.27 the function exec-path
> is introduced in Emacs 27.1. I checked that Emacs 24.5 doesn't provide
> the function exec-path.
These are produced heuristically, which is why the text says "probably".
To make these less probabilistic is the subject of bug#49631, so I'm
closing this bug report.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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