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From: Richard Stallman <rms@gnu.org>
To: Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 36478@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#36478: 26.2; Doc strings with "This function has a compiler macro..." and "This function does not change global state"
Date: Wed, 03 Jul 2019 21:35:16 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <E1hiqea-0006HP-Vj@fencepost.gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <21500c6e-9743-40ce-89d8-d63c9351e8c0@default> (message from Drew Adams on Tue, 2 Jul 2019 13:13:40 -0700 (PDT))

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  > Yes, obviously; I realize that.  "We" (someone)
  > created and added the code that does that.  And "we"
  > (someone) added the descriptions of `define-inline'
  > etc. to the manual.  However "automatic", none of
  > this fell from the sky.

I agree with your point, but that is a harsh way to put it.  Would you
please make an effort to express your points in a kind way?  See
https://gnu.org/philosophy/kind-communication.html.

In addition to helping people generally feel better,
it could predispose others to be more receptive to your
substantial points.

-- 
Dr Richard Stallman
President, Free Software Foundation (https://gnu.org, https://fsf.org)
Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)







  reply	other threads:[~2019-07-04  1:35 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <<13f5f7df-9017-45a0-986f-8b1a4ee0e9bd@default>
     [not found] ` <<83r278cjho.fsf@gnu.org>
2019-07-02 20:13   ` bug#36478: 26.2; Doc strings with "This function has a compiler macro..." and "This function does not change global state" Drew Adams
2019-07-04  1:35     ` Richard Stallman [this message]
2019-07-02 18:05 Drew Adams
2019-07-02 19:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2019-07-04  1:34 ` Richard Stallman
2022-02-02 18:55 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen

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