From: Noam Postavsky <npostavs@users.sourceforge.net>
To: Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de>
Cc: 25462@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#25462: Out of date doc string for "`".
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 16:52:36 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAM-tV-_L4hOe9XV7aSFYRjaQ1xG_ve6KbD26w5C6PZorB0Y26A@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20170116213051.GB4747@acm.fritz.box>
On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 4:30 PM, Alan Mackenzie <acm@muc.de> wrote:
> Hello, Emacs.
>
> The doc string for "`" has become partial.
>
> It fails to mention that "`" has a radically different meaning when used
> in certain parts of a `pcase', and probably quite a few other similar
> macros.
I don't think that makes sense. Similarly, we don't add a mention of
`cl-loop's use of `if' in the docstring of `if', because that's not
part of the `if' special form. It's just a use of `if' as a plain
symbol.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-01-16 21:52 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-01-16 21:30 bug#25462: Out of date doc string for "`" Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-16 21:52 ` Noam Postavsky [this message]
2017-01-17 20:05 ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-18 2:04 ` npostavs
2017-01-17 21:17 ` John Mastro
2017-01-18 20:55 ` Alan Mackenzie
2017-01-18 22:14 ` Noam Postavsky
2017-01-18 20:40 ` Alan Mackenzie
2021-09-25 16:12 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 6:46 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-09-26 7:17 ` Stefan Kangas
2021-09-26 20:31 ` Alan Mackenzie
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